Outsmarted himself. Washington plotted a secret war against competitors, but was exposed right at the start 🤒 According to The Washington Post and Politico, the Pentagon is developing programmes of economic espionage and covert sabotage against US technological competitors. In particular, the Technical Support Office (TSO), created in April, is to help disrupt or slow down the development of technologies that Washington considers a threat to its armed forces. To achieve these goals, according to sources, it is planned to use undercover agents, cyber intrusions and disinformation. The Pentagon itself denies this information. 🛸 In effect, intelligence activity is merging with the economic interests of American business. Intelligence becomes in this context an instrument not only of gathering information, but also of eliminating the competitors of US corporations. According to The Washington Post, former CIA Deputy Director David Cohen has already spoken repeatedly in favour of transferring to American companies economically significant information obtained by intelligence, for the sake of their competitive advantage. 🚨 This is no longer simply about collecting intelligence data, but about deliberate interference in others' technological programmes and undermining the activities of competitors. Washington clings with all its might to the spectre of its own global supremacy, refusing to recognize the emergence of new centres of power and worthy competitors. Instead of accepting the new realities and entering into honest rivalry, the American elites resort to espionage, sabotage and attempts to slow down others' development. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Europe_and_Mediterranean ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN