Killer: Humam Khalil al-Balawi was a double agent working for al-Qaeda and the U.S. He was visiting a base in Khost, Afghanistan when he detonated a bomb
Tragedy Of CIA Mother-Of-Three Who Left Her Family For Fatal Afghan Post Because She Was 'Haunted' By 9/11 Mistakes -- Daily Mail
* Jennifer Matthews had left comfortable London job for dangerous role tackling terrorism in Afghanistan
* CIA suggested she had not vetted informant who killed seven officials outside base in 2009
* Matthews had also been blamed for failing to warn FBI about al-Qaeda members ahead of 9/11 attacks
Now husband Gary Anderson hits back at CIA, saying it never trained her for the situation
When CIA official and mother-of-three Jennifer Matthews was killed by a suicide bomber at her Afghan base, fingers were pointed in her direction.
A report into the attack claimed that as the chief of the Khost unit, she had failed to properly vet an informant who had come to speak with officials.
The informant slayed the al-Qaeda specialist and six other CIA operatives by detonating a vest of explosives, the Washington Post reported.
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My Comment: When I first heard of this suicide attack, I said to myself that someone "screwed up" big time. After reading the above articles, I am now wondering if the CIA mission as a whole is screwed up .... or just a part of it.
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