GoKawiilPentagon quietly builds Technology Support Office for covert tech sabotage, Politico reports
Politico reports the Defense Department has spent months assembling a new agency, internally called the Technology Support Office (TSO), by merging two smaller classified intelligence programs running since 2023. The unit is designed to help disrupt or sabotage foreign technology programs seen as threats to U.S. military superiority, though it lacks legal authority to conduct clandestine operations itself. Politico says it interviewed 12 current and former national security officials, since TSO is barely documented in public Pentagon records.
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The move suggests the Pentagon wants to scale up covert activity—potentially cyberattacks, supply-chain disruption and disinformation—beyond what the earlier smaller programs could do, according to officials cited by Politico. Officials argue the buildup responds to adversaries' growing use of AI and commercial tech like drones, though the secrecy around TSO means its actual scope and oversight remain unclear. Its reliance on existing military and intelligence officers rather than independent legal authority could raise questions about accountability for any operations it helps design.
- TSO was formed by reorganizing two existing classified Pentagon intelligence programs active since 2023.
- The agency aims to help disrupt foreign tech programs but cannot legally conduct covert operations on its own.
- Politico's reporting relies on 12 anonymous current and former national security officials due to minimal public documentation.
Source: news.slashdot.org — Posted, 2026-10-25
Published there as: “America's Defense Department Is Building an 'Elite New Tech Sabotage Agency'”
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