Monday, May 26, 2014

Byron Otis- Secret CIA Informant Accidentally Revealed

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/26/politics/cia-white-house/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

The president recently visited Afghanistan, and, as is standard in these sort of white house travelling situations, a pool of reporters followed the event, and were attended to by a white house official, who gives the pool information approved by the president, like lists of activities the president would undertake during his time abroad, or lists of names of those he would be meeting with. The latter was released the press pool in this recent visit, and a large error seems to have been made. The name of a secret CIA official that was undertaking undercover work in Afghanistan was released to the press. The White House attempted to cover up this error soon after making it, giving the press a "corrected" version of the list, but a lead reporter in the Washington Post had already noticed the unintentional name, and had begun making ripples. I wonder how this will affect the presidency.

2 comments:

  1. I also wonder if it puts that agent in any danger. I am sure it must drastically effect his job.

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