Defense Counter-Bomb Unit Cited for Improper Intelligence Effort
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A U.S. military organization charged with countering improvised bombs engaged in improper intelligence collection on the side, the Pentagon’s inspector general found.
The watchdog office’s investigation substantiated a hotline complaint that the unit “illegally or inappropriately collected info about U.S. persons,” David Small, a spokesman for the Pentagon’s counter-bomb agency, said in an e-mailed statement after the inspector general’s office disclosed online that it had issued a classified report.