#2 Why did they do this? In the main lobby of the CIA HQ, there is a "wall of stars", with just stars, no captions, to depict agents who have died in the course of duty. Some of them have been named in a book of honor, which is mounted on the wall.
In 1997, there were 70 stars, 29 of which had names. There were 79 stars in 2002, 83 in 2004, 90 in 2009, and 102 in 2010. 62 of the 102 entries in the book contain names, while the other employees are represented only by a gold star followed by a blank space. |
