Tuesday, July 12, 2011
CIA Moves To Protect Analyst Who Located Bin Laden
A CIA analyst who played a lead role in locating Osama bin Laden was placed under cover by the agency this month because of new threat information indicating he might be targeted by al-Qaeda, U.S. officials said Monday.
The move is a highly unusual one for the CIA, which typically takes steps to protect its employees’ identities only when they are embarking on sensitive operations or travel overseas.
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My Comment: He (and his family) will now forever look behind their shoulders to see if they are being trailed .... a tough trade-off for being the man who located Bin Laden.
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