White
House Mistakenly Reveals Identity of
Afghanistan Top Spy in Email
The identities of the
CIA's top agents in various countries are usually a closely guarded secret, a policy designed to protect their safety. But on Sunday, in a bizarre and unusual slip-up, the
White House outed Afghanistan's top CIA ******r in a list distributed via
Email to reporters.
As part of President
Barack Obama's surprise visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan, he participated in a military briefing with a number of U.S. officials. The
White House distributed the full list of participants in the briefing — including the name and title of the CIA's chief of station in Kabul — to reporters traveling with the president, as first reported by
The Washington Post.
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