News Summary

• The Pentagon has spent months quietly building an elite new tech agency to help covertly disrupt and sabotage foreign technology programs.
• The office's creation signals intent to expand covert activities abroad, potentially including cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions and disinformation operations.
• Some officials said the secrecy could make it harder for Congress to identify potential impropriety in TSO's operations or contracting.
• The Pentagon denied on Thursday, Oct.
• 22, that it is expanding clandestine intelligence and technological sabotage operations against China and other foreign adversaries.