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May 26, 2014
The White House accidentally revealed the identity of the top CIA officer in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Washington Postrevealed.
The error was made when the name of the "Chief of Station" in Kabul was included on a list, sent to the media, of U.S. officials present at Obama's visit to Afghanistan. Once the White House realized its error, it sent a subsequent revised list with the CIA official's name redacted, the Post reports.
The Post withheld the name of the CIA official at the request of the White House.
Sunday's error attracted commentary on Twitter.
\u201cEagerly awaiting the indictment of the White House official who outed the CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan\u201d— jeremy scahill (@jeremy scahill) 1401102676
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Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
The White House accidentally revealed the identity of the top CIA officer in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Washington Postrevealed.
The error was made when the name of the "Chief of Station" in Kabul was included on a list, sent to the media, of U.S. officials present at Obama's visit to Afghanistan. Once the White House realized its error, it sent a subsequent revised list with the CIA official's name redacted, the Post reports.
The Post withheld the name of the CIA official at the request of the White House.
Sunday's error attracted commentary on Twitter.
\u201cEagerly awaiting the indictment of the White House official who outed the CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan\u201d— jeremy scahill (@jeremy scahill) 1401102676
_____________________
Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
The White House accidentally revealed the identity of the top CIA officer in Afghanistan on Sunday, the Washington Postrevealed.
The error was made when the name of the "Chief of Station" in Kabul was included on a list, sent to the media, of U.S. officials present at Obama's visit to Afghanistan. Once the White House realized its error, it sent a subsequent revised list with the CIA official's name redacted, the Post reports.
The Post withheld the name of the CIA official at the request of the White House.
Sunday's error attracted commentary on Twitter.
\u201cEagerly awaiting the indictment of the White House official who outed the CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan\u201d— jeremy scahill (@jeremy scahill) 1401102676
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