OBAMA STEPS UP AMERICA'S COVERT WAR AGAINST IRAN http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/leverett250510b.html

Mark Mazzetti documents that Obama has not just failed to roll back covert anti-Iranian programs he inherited from his predecessor -- he is instead presiding over a dramatic intensification of America's covert war against the Islamic Republic. And, in a manner powerfully reminiscent of Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the intensification of America's covert war against Iran is taking place through the efforts of General David Petraeus and CENTCOM -- because military intelligence operations are not subject to the same congressional oversight and reporting requirements as the Central Intelligence Agency.