{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"U.S. Diplomats Fear Bureau of Diplomatic Security","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article82827.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article82827.html'\u003EU.S. Diplomats Fear Bureau of Diplomatic Security\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EU.S. diplomats fear al-Qaeda but they also fear their own Bureau of Diplomatic Security.  Little known outside of the State Department, the Bureau or \u201cDS,\u201d is a massive internal security force.  It reportedly has an annual budget of more than $2 billion and employs thousands of agents and security contractors (whom some refer to as private mercenaries).  Its tentacles now extend into virtually every State Department function, with some arguing that security has eclipsed diplomacy as the (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}