White House mistakenly reveals CIA official's name
In an embarrassing flub, the Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise Memorial Day weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.
The officer's name - identified as "chief of station" in Kabul - was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior American officials who met with President Obama during the Saturday visit. The list was sent to a Washington Post reporter who was representing the news media, who then sent it out to the White House "press pool" list, which contains as many as 6,000 recipients.
The Associated Press is withholding the officer's name at the request of the Obama administration, who said its publication could put his life and those of his family members in danger. A Google search appears to reveal the name of the officer's wife and other personal details.
White House officials realized the error after the Post reporter notified them, and sent out a new list without the station chief's name. Other major news organizations, including the Post, also agreed not to publish the officer's name.
The reporter who distributes the pool report sends it to the White House to be checked for factual accuracy and then forwarded to the thousands of journalists on the email distribution list, so in this case the White House failed on at least two occasions to recognize that the CIA official's name was being revealed and circulated so broadly....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014
More Than "An Embarrassing Flub"!
How is this even possible to have happened?
Given the allegiance (to Islam) of this administration, it should surprise no one that this so called 'flub' may have been intentional. Revealing one identity almost certainly exposed dozens if not hundreds of others. To accelerate the defeat of America and America's interests in the resurgent Caliphate, this is just one of many shoes to be tossed by dear leader in the remaining months of his tenure.
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ReplyDeleteDude, I didn't know the CIA was, like, spies and stuff.
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