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Obama Administration Exposes Kabul CIA Chief Accidentally, Media Shrugs
Another day, another fumble by the Obama administration (intentional or not). 11 years after former CIA operative Valerie Plame was deliberately exposed by the Bush administration as the US officials tried to apply pressure on her husband, an American diplomat criticizing the US invasion to Iraq; the Obama Administration's press service unwittingly put the real name of the CIA's top spy in Afghanistan on the 'pool report' distributed to over 6,000 journalists. The Washington Post were the first to discover the FUBAR and while the CIA and White House had 'no comment', they warned that the officer and his family could be at risk if the name were published.
The Obama Administration’s press service unwittingly put the real name of the CIA’s top spy in Afghanistan on the ‘pool report’ distributed among journalists accompanying the American president on a surprise trip to Kabul’s Bagram Airfield base.
The identity of the man dubbed ‘Chief of Station’, the usual address to a CIA local chief, was inadvertently added to a list of 15 US officials supposed to take part in a military briefing with Obama at the base, and emailed it to the White House press pool on Saturday, the Washington Post reported.
The unusual address was observed by Scott Wilson, the Washington Post's White House bureau chief, who informed the White House press officials... The White House recognized the mistake and quickly issued a revised list that did not include the individual.
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Up to 6,000 journalists, including some for foreign outlets, received the original version of the document, yet the identity of the CIA officer has not been disclosed.
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.
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[we are] withholding the agent's name for security reasons. A US official who asked for the name to be withheld described the station's chief role as "an especially dangerous post".
"An alleged affiliation with CIA would put anyone at the top of the Taliban and al-Qaeda's target list," the official said.
The identities of CIA operatives are among America's most closely-held secrets and the US complained bitterly that leaks by Edward Snowden put its agents at risk.
Not the first time...
In 2003, aides to George W Bush leaked the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA agent, in an attempt to tarnish the reputation of her husband, a former US diplomat who criticised the Iraq war.
The CIA was also forced to pull its station chief out of Islamabad in 2010 after he was publicly named in a lawsuit brought by families of civilians killed in the US drone campaign in Pakistan.
US officials' pleas for his identity to be kept secret appeared to be working on Monday as there was no trace of the name in web news stories or on social media. It was not clear whether the agent would be able to stay in post in Afghanistan or would be withdrawn for security reasons.
We are sure that no matter how easy it is to trace the chain of command for this major misstep that no one could have seen this coming, no one knew it was happening, no one is reponsible, and no one will be held accountable...
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Could we have a definition of "unwittingly", up there on the big board?
Any picture of Obama would do nicely.
Bush's fault, obviously.
So Bush did it too and current and former mean the same thing.....ummmm ok
Many members of SEAL Team Six and 4 guys in Benghazi know what this poor mope feels like.
Well, they did for a few minutes before they died horrible deaths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lZYpLE0eQE
10 Secret Facts about the CIA
http://www.planbeconomics.com/2014/03/10-secret-facts-about-cia.html
The facts are secret but presented for everyone to see?
yeah, that is a little weird Mr. President.
You want me to fire somebody or just keep playing pretend?
(something tells me you won't like the list of names i have in hand.)
Bath House Barry strikes again!
Booyah!!!
Get it straight Richard Armitage and Richard Armitage alone outed Plame nobody else did it.. Scooter got the Martha Stewart treatment..
I don't recall Bush pardoning Martha Stewart.
Valerie Plame was not exposed. She worked a desk job in Langley, walking in and out of the front door, and spoke openly about being a CIA employee. Her days of covert ops were long gone (she had been exposed by the Russians 5-7 years before her "outing"). She was in zero danger, unlike the Kabul station chief (whether his identity was already known is of course another topic).
That was so ridiculous; Valerie fucking media event; never any substance to it at all.
This is exposure of a "real" covert operator. Which Obama team member is going to go to jail for this one? What did he know and when did he know it? Into your cells you peckerheads!
"Up to 6,000 journalists, including some for foreign outlets, received the original version of the document, yet the identity of the CIA officer has not been disclosed."
My guess is that they could also release the truth about what happened on 9/11 plus the truth about who really owns the U.S. government... and still rest assured that the MSM wouldn't print it...
the msm, with all their access to the public
airwaves , cables and newsstands do an outstanding
job of concealing everything that might have some
truth in it, that is their current function.
they are , after all, professionals. not that i'm getting
cynical ....
but man, after this, just proves they can keep a secret
better than anyone, even better than the white house press
corp and that is extraordinary!
Well, they don't want to run the risk of getting their access cut, which is why they are all willing stooges.
In case you're curious, the name is "Mike Raiole"
http://cryptocomb.org/?p=726
Fo sho !
Valerie Plame outed herself and made money off it, doesn't anyone check facts?
Valerie Plame Wilson, Best-selling Author and Former CIA Agent, to Be Featured Keynote Speakerhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9440131.htm
you must be a paid asset for the company
that doesnt fit the ZH propaganda
We are sure that no matter how easy it is to trace the chain of command for this major misstep that no one could have seen this coming, no one knew it was happening, no one is reponsible, and no one will be held accountable...
and no one really cares.
Do you really think there was anybody in Al Queda or the government of Afghanistan who DIDN'T know who the CIA station chief was?
That makes it okay then.
You're racist if you think Obama did anything wrong....
Who the hell is Valerie Plame?
Who the hell is Viginia Woolf for that matter?
Her husband discovered that the CIA was making up fake evidence showing that Iraq "had WMD"s and she tattled. TheJew/NeoCon-artists wanted her killed...sooooooo badly.....so THEY outed her as an asset........sadly none of them were hung for treason, however.......
No; definetely not. Everybody who needed to know; already knew; they always do. These USA foreign posting agents are always known to the locals/ un-friendlys. We haven't kept a secret since; uh, hmm. well, for a long time.
is your SAT score a secret.....well done by the way..... i see a life of mediocrity hurtling in your direction
slow clap
Of course foreigners know the identities of the CIA agents at the U.S. Embassy. The purpose of this law isn't to protect agents. Instead, it is to make it easier for the CIA to engage in covert activities. The law prohibiting the disclosure of an undercover CIA agent's identity was passed because ex-agent Philip Agee, in his 1975 book "Inside the Company" disclosed the identities of over 250 CIA agents and front companies. After writing his book Agee wrote a newsletter with the help of his contacts and identified hundreds more. His purpose was to neutralize the CIA's covert operations.
Needless to say, the CIA and U.S. government were pissed, and passed this law to shut Agee down. It has been used to keep Americans in the dark about CIA activities ever since.
0b1knob re "Do you really think there was anybody ..." :
Yes it is fiction, an oldie but a goodie:
http://www.amazon.com/CIA-mission-Burundi-John-Bernier/dp/B00072LPNW
Media Bias, In the tank, Quid Pro Quo. This is the state of the fourth estate! Get yer pitchforks and march on 30 Rock!
The guys probably happy as shit. He'll get to leave that asshole place now -
This is the govts cia head 'early retirement' plan. Just publicly disclose his name and make him scared shitless. then he quits and hides in seclusion with only partial pension.
Hey, beats the early retirement plan for Libyan ambassadors, or members of SEAL team six,
that was amazing wasn't it; the Muslim sent them right into the meat grinder, and nobody paid any attention. And every time nobody pays any attention they note this well, and they get a little bolder. First you harvest some local political capital by killing the big guy; and then you apologize to your fellow conspirators by feeding them the operators. amazing.
What was the "SERF" cost to fly a pair of VC-25s to Afshitistan for 12 hours to patronize the troops TOTUS?
Hey, now, I bet he got to shower with one of those new 'gay brigades!'
Freud said there are no accidents.
yes...
just a coincidence that wikileaks revealed a few days ago that afghanistan was the "mystery" country that WaPo withheld from publication re: NSA mass surveillance (which is no surprise, but...)
https://wikileaks.org/WikiLeaks-statement-on-the-mass.html
Sorry I just do not believe anything that happens in politics is an "accident."
The Osama Slayer outs the CIA chief? The game in play is so retarded nothing happens. Sounds about right.
It doesn't matter who did it, because the readers of the Huffington Post will say Bush did it, therefor, Obama can do it.
Its Turkey Season.
YeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaa
How well-hidden could the person's identity be if some lowly press release clerk had access to it and could insert it?
Dumb.
put the real name of the CIA's top spy in Afghanistan on the 'pool report' distributed to over 6,000 journalists.
6000 traitors
6000 zionist scum
6000 masonic satanic rapists
6000 pentagon employees receiving news scripts
6000 perps who need hanging for crimes against humanity
repeat after me, "It's Bush's Fault".
Everybody shrugs. Who gives a fuck? First of all, what did this bag of ass do to deserve to be the Kabul station chief presiding over the draw-down of US forces? LOL! Must have been a fucking loser in the first place. Secondly, everyone knows or should know that the CIA has a presence in Afghanistan. After all, the first American to be killed in Afghanistan was a fucking CIA agent (Mike Spann, November 2001) ... not a soldier. As far as specific personnel identification, the only difference between before and after the presser is that the wider public now knows the man's identity. I guarantee that militant groups within the country knew his identity long ago, because elements within the Afghan government knew. It's not like this is some kind of revelation.
Hey, you expect to get fire from your enemies. When your commander in chief is shooting at you... Well that's slightly more alarming.
This guy was known long before the CinC "outed him." It's just that American citizens didn't know who he was.
Having said that, certainly it is shocking that the CinC would make such an error. However, let's not kid ourselves. This man's identity was no mystery to the people who matter in Afghanistan.
Or, maybe they dont want to pay out VA benefits for him, hoping he gets shot down in the street like a mangy dog
No veterans, no veteran health benefit problems!
Sometimes you have to fix these things at the source!
And who said the DC US criminals can't be funny occasionally?! LMAO.
Now back to the regularly scheduled bombings of schools and wedding parties.
"My guillotine's name is 'Bob.' Oops."
whomever it is probably moonlights for putin,
netanyahu and merkle anyway, really,
alciada is a post nationalist equal opportunity
exploiter. no?
Even this story can't be told without first referencing Bush. That in itself says a lot.
What difference does it make!!!??? H. Hissyfit
And in other news, Kim Kardashian will meet Lindsey Lohan in a nude food fight...
Fuck who cares about that shithole of a country?
/sarc
Can we line Kimmy K up at the guillotine along with the rest of our enemies of state come liberation time? She is guilty of dumbing down and distracting the population at one of the most inopportune times in history.
"You can't hate the mirror because you're ugly ..........."(K Bass from interview with some lippy BBC HT Skank)
KK can't really be held responsible for the dumbing down of the Zombicans that tune in, the credit for that paradox belongs elsewhere ...... that said if you book a reservation for her and the rest of the "reality" scourge on the grounds of strengthening the gene pool or O2 waste reduction .... that I could support. George Carlins suicide channel is looking better and better......
The only reason the U.S. Government is concerned about his safety is because he is part of the Afghan heroin trafficking empire that brings billions of dollars into the CIA for covert operations worldwide.It could put that money into jeopardy.Remember,when the Taliban were in power they just about wiped out the opium business and U.S. operations in all drugs.Sure,the Americans will eventually have to hand over that land and say the words "we're defeated again,just like Vietnam".But,there's no sense giving up these billions during a continuing financial crisis while they are bankrupt from war.The money will be finally cut off once the Taliban are again in control.
Bush was CIA, so his move was inconsquential.
Obama pissing off the CIA. That's not good. Wait. Did I say that?
Back in the day, when I (we delt with CIA ).... 1. We had our own guy on the extraction with a weapon, for them to get us out, like it or not. 2. We had a agreed word or phrase so that during group sit downs we could point out the lie, BS to the group, out loud, with out the agency puke knowing about it. 3. We had our own bail out, get out plans never revealed to our agency friends. By and large they were deluded, clueless, fkups or worse. Worked with but never trusted. Ancient ancient history.
It's George Bush's fault, surely.
The name of head CIA gets to pass around in the White House like this? The janitors in the House should know who killed JFK and all the trade secrets of China. lol CIA should change it's name to CRA, Central Retarded Agency. :)
It can only be Incompetence- or Treason.
Impeach and Convict, America.
I hereby end my Memorial Weekend rage.
"I felt entitled to it."
Add that to "yet another reason why vets are no good." We feel we're entitled to a "weekend of ranting and raving" and just being downright crazy. (Only one of course.) Sorry for all those people I have tried not to tick off...i think i really did it this time. I think i covered just about everyone after these past couple of weeks.
Peace, love and dope! Peace, love and dope!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F91GMDeouSs
Show me a Nation State (or even a Municipality) ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD w/ top heavy black leadership complimented w/ caucasian toadies, I'll show you a 3rd world shithole. Wake up!
Eurocentric peoples are responsible for every social and technological advance of civilization spanning the last 3,000 years.
Racist? No. REALIST!
That being said...Happy Kwanza you ignorant, pathetic, pussified caucasian fucks.
Comprende' espanol' pendejo!
I'm Gringo and have lot's of Latin friends!
@YEN...So do I. Spanish are southern Euros as well.
@ Gringo Viejo So you have a problem with my European decent?
The irony is a large portion of my family imigrated from Spain. (Fair skin,blue eyes)
The Lie
"...yet the identity of the CIA officer has not been disclosed."
How stupid do they think we are?
Not shit, 6,000 news outlets (some of them foreign) and not a fucking peep. Fake name, faked mistake - NSA is watching for any publication of the unintentionally "leaked" information that that would be very detrimental to the entire american family.
It was suspicious that he was the only florist in Kabul.
I thought he ran a bible store.
"... no one could have seen this coming, no one knew it was happening, no one is reponsible, and no one will be held accountable..."
Yes, that is the ONE thing we can be sure of.
Anyone else think this was an intentional mistake. I suspsect they wanted him out and for some stupid ass reason, he refused.
It is diffucult however, these guys are worse than the three stooges.
Bush Obama hahaha --- when are you people going to learn.
They are the SAME - the Deep State runs the show people. They give the orders.
If he would instantly become a target then most likely he is a very bad person doing very bad things. I suppose that I do not find it odd that the prestitutes would protect such a bad person ... although it is sad at the same time.
Well didn't Barry promise us a "transparent"" administration? What's the uproar about anyways....geez....
/sarc
Valerie Pain-in-the... was NOT an "operative", she was an ANALYST. If she was a spy, then I was a fucking James Bond for 20 years.
DOUBLE DOUBLE DOUBLE STANDARD MSM....
In her younger days, she was an escort for African dicks.
Cryptome published the man's name yesterday. So far only a few
non MSM news sources have published his name, according to Google news
Such a shame, because the CIA certainally enabeled our sterling successes in Afganistan.
Bush Jr. should have said Valerie Plame's release was JUST an accident.