Washington Post
Such arrangements have the potential to go awry, especially in Africa, where many countries have poor human rights records. U.S. officials said they take care to withhold intelligence that could enable their African partners to target political opponents instead of terrorist groups, but they acknowledged that it can be difficult to know the difference.
- “The challenge always isllenge always is, what’s the sharing relationship with the nation where these assets are based?” said a senior U.S. military official familiar with the operations. “If I gave you information that I could reasonably expect you to act upon, then I bear some responsibility for the consequences.”
