White House Blows The Cover Of The CIA Chief In Afghanistan To Thousands Of Reporters

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in McLean, Virginia (Reuters/Larry Downing)

White House mistakenly identifies CIA chief in Afghanistan -- Washington Post

The CIA’s top officer in Kabul was exposed Saturday by the White House when his name was inadvertently included on a list provided to news organizations of senior U.S. officials participating in President Obama’s surprise visit with U.S. troops.

The White House recognized the mistake and quickly issued a revised list that did not include the individual, who had been identified on the initial release as the “Chief of Station” in Kabul, a designation used by the CIA for its highest-ranking spy in a country.

The disclosure marked a rare instance in which a CIA officer working overseas had his cover — the secrecy meant to protect his actual identity — pierced by his own government. The only other recent case came under significantly different circumstances, when former CIA operative Valerie Plame was exposed as officials of the George W. Bush administration sought to discredit her husband, a former ambassador and fierce critic of the decision to invade Iraq.

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My Comment: When Valerie Plame was outed as a CIA employee .... we had non-stop news coverage and condemnation for years. Flash forward to today .... the White House outs the CIA Chief (and putting his life and his family's life truly in danger) .... and the press is giving a pass by calling it a mistake.