Tug of war between Depts. of Defense and State

It appears a little behind the scenes battle is shaping up between the Department of Defense and the Department of State concerning control of special ops missions in other countries (unless we are fighting a war there of course). The Pentagon wants the authority to put Special Ops. troops in another country without notifying or receiving the approval of the local ambassador and CIA station chief. Of course the DOD wants the power and the Dept. of State does not want the Pentagon having that power.

You can read it for yourself here:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=716&e=17&u=/washpost/20050224/ts_washpost/a48522_2005feb23