1. Private security firms are playing an increasing role in the US campaign to break the alleged links between the drug trade and radical militancy. 2. The US Counter Narco-Terrorism Program Office has been provided with significant funds for disbursing to such private security firms to undertake a wide variety of primarily training and intelligence-gathering roles around the world - particularly in Latin America. 3. The use of private firms has raised criticism that the US government is outsourcing its security operations and giving these firms roles that should be undertaken by the military or intelligence agencies, although it seems likely that the use of such companies will increase in the future.
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