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| CIA Requests Donations on Anniversary of 1st Agent Fatality Out Of 23 Killed in WoT |
| 2011-11-25 |
| CIA officers are asking people to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the first American killed in the Afghan war by donating to help the children of their fellow fallen. Since the death in 2001 of CIA officer Mike Spann, a total of 23 stars have been added to the wall at the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters that honors CIA operatives lost. Many were killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The clandestine world rarely breaks its silence, especially when it comes to family, but the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation notes about 56 children of those killed in the line of duty will need educational support over the next 17 years. Spann was part of a small group of CIA paramilitary officers who went into Afghanistan just 16 days after the al-Qaida attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Less than two months later, the CIA along with U.S. Special Forces Green Berets and a massive aerial bombing campaign helped Afghan militias drive out the ruling Taliban. Spann was killed when hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners, guarded by just a handful of Afghans, tried to escape from a fortress jail in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. Spann is survived by his wife, Shannon, a retired CIA officer, and three children. The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation is a tax-exempt charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. All contributions to the Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Donations to the Foundation should be made payable to the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation and sent to: The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation c/o Arnold & Porter LLP 555 12th Street N.W. Washington, D.C., 20004 Despite anyone's feelings about the CIA as an organization, it truly pisses me off at the bitter and despicable hate leftists will express at this widows and orphans fund. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 The CIA seem to be really good at hunting down jihadis with Predators, for which we can be profoundly grateful. On the other hand, one hopes they were merely being vicious when they produced that natinal intelligence estimate announcing that Iran had given up pursuit of nuclear weapons, rather than profoundly ignorant, but the thought of the former somehow does not bring comfort. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-11-25 22:30 |