A U.S. intelligence agency is turning to domestic deployments to assist with disaster relief and help prepare for climate change, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a spy organization that typically supports Department of Defense (DOD) overseas combat operations with mapping and imagery, helped relief workers in Florida locate and rescue survivors after Hurricane Ian ravaged the coast in September. NGA’s involvement in disaster relief efforts highlights a shift in intelligence officials’ willingness to engage within U.S. borders amid a perceived threat of climate change, according to the Post.
“Climate change is dramatically increasing the demand for military operations,” a DOD official said in June, echoing years of assertions from Pentagon leaders that warming temperatures create unstable societies and increase the risk of armed conflict….