(AP) Ken Dilanian - The CIA has approached Robert Richer, former chief of the agency's Near East division, who has close ties to Jordan's King Abdullah II, about setting up a special task force to help Jordan deal with the threat from the Islamic State. Jordan is among the countries directly threatened by the Islamic State's recent surge, White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco said last week. The U.S. is providing Jordan about a $1 billion this year in economic and military aid, a sum that does not include classified intelligence funding through the CIA.
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