For those curious, the USDA sends units to Afghanistan to help farmers plan and market crops

[Recursion]

For anyone who was flabbergasted that the USDA would have material about handling classified information and leaks.

http://www.fas.usda.gov/country/afghanistan/us-afghanistan.asp

I trained with some of these guys. Good people. There's even a pretty innovative program they do with a National Guard unit from somewhere very ag-heavy (Iowa? IIRC?) where the Soldiers built and helped set up extension centers (I think they're called NIFA in the US now); they're pretty popular, just like the ones in the US.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Is that where they're getting their Opium growing tips ?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/15/afghanistans-opium-cultivation-to-surge-in-2013-un/

[Buzz Clik]

2. hahahahaha! Damned funny, eh?

Not much.

[Buzz Clik]

3. This has been going on for awhile.

Several US universities are involved in training scientists as well as training farmers. It's a great program.

Nice post, Recursion.

[pipoman]

4. That USDA...the new NSA?

http://www.dm.usda.gov/ocpm/Security%20Guide/Treason/Intro.htm

Who knew they were such a covert arm of the .gov..

[Recursion]

5. Every executive department has police functions, which means they investigate

which means they have classified information.

[snooper2]

6. no, no, no, no, it's truthy time now!

with an small cast of old cheerleaders and a hundreds of new recruits!

It's like summer training camp!