C.I.A. Takes On Bigger and Riskier Role on Front Lines - NYTimes.com

C.I.A. Takes On Bigger and Riskier Role on Front Lines - NYTimes.com: "The deaths of seven Central Intelligence Agency operatives at a remote base in the mountains of Afghanistan are a pointed example of the civilian spy agency’s transformation in recent years into a paramilitary organization at the vanguard of America’s far-flung wars."