https://twitter.com/mrosenbergNYT/status/470629246818594816
President Obama made a surprise appearance in Afghanistan on Sunday.
There is now buzz that the White House revealed the name of the CIA station chief in Kabul to a pool of reporters:
White House breaks with protocol by publicly identifying name of CIA station chief in Kabul to pool reporters.
— Rajiv Chandrasekaran (@rajivscribe) May 25, 2014
A huge blunder, if the reports are accurate.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/470647820945752065
Who need Wikileaks? MT "@rajivwashpost: White House breaks protocol & publicly identifies name of Kabul #CIA station chief 2 pool reporters”
— Emily Brandwin (@CIAspygirl) May 25, 2014
@CIAspygirl @rajivwashpost Un-freakin-belieavable!
— Doug [SBU] (@GrayManActual) May 25, 2014
Sigh, how do you "inadvertently" disclose the identity of the CIA station chief in Kabul? How many layers of review did that slip past?
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 25, 2014
https://twitter.com/CustosDivini/status/470673316852682752
https://twitter.com/malasqalani/status/470614585935155201
Twitchy will update this story if more details become available.
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Updates:
Accidentally outing your CIA station chief is…less than ideal. http://t.co/YHfRqC0lbm
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) May 26, 2014
Like many other reporters, I do have the name of the "Chief of Station" on an email that's sitting in my Inbox.
— Niels Lesniewski (@nielslesniewski) May 26, 2014
OMG@Adamgoldmanwp White House inadvertently identifies CIA station chief in Kabul http://t.co/0XgXpV2cgX via @washingtonpost”
— Lisa Myers (@LisaMyers) May 26, 2014
@nielslesniewski not a small list of recipients either. At all. Crazy.
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) May 26, 2014
https://twitter.com/CustosDivini/status/470730755753377792
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