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White House Mistakenly Reveals CIA Official's Name. Obama says he found out when the media told him

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In an embarrassing flub, the Obama administration accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top official in Afghanistan in an email to thousands of journalists during the president's surprise Memorial Day weekend trip to Bagram Air Field.

The officer's name — identified as "chief of station" in Kabul — was included by U.S. embassy staff on a list of 15 senior American officials who met with President Obama during the Saturday visit. The list was sent to a Washington Post reporter who was representing the news media, who then sent it out to the White House "press pool" list, which contains as many as 6,000 recipients.

The Associated Press is withholding the officer's name at the request of the Obama administration, who said its publication could put his life and those of his family members in danger. A Google search appears to reveal the name of the officer's wife and other personal details.

White House officials realized the error after the Post reporter notified them, and sent out a new list without the station chief's name. Other major news organizations, including the Post, also agreed not to publish the officer's name.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/white-house-mistakenly-reveals-cia-officials-23870770

If my memory serves me correct, hasn't this happened before?  No 

ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

Was it an embarrassing flub when the Bush administration leaked the name of CIA Operative Valerie Plame Wilson back in 2003? Or did Scooter Libby do it on purpose?

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ZVUGKTUBM wrote:Was it an embarrassing flub when the Bush administration leaked the name of CIA Operative Valerie Plame Wilson back in 2003? Or did Scooter Libby do it on purpose?

If I recall correctly it was a freaking disaster and it was all over the news and hissy fits were had by all. get in hissy fit mode.


Floridatexan

Floridatexan


Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband, was opposed to invading Iraq based on faulty intel. He denied the "yellowcake" story, and he was correct. So Libby "outed" Valerie Plame and then lied about doing it.

ZVUGKTUBM

ZVUGKTUBM

Floridatexan wrote:
Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame's husband, was opposed to invading Iraq based on faulty intel.  He denied the "yellowcake" story, and he was correct.  So Libby "outed" Valerie Plame and then lied about doing it.

Yep, that is exactly what happened. Except, the Bush folks did it on purpose and with malicious intentions. Obama's folks did it inadvertently.

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