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Source: Foxnews.com A senior CIA officer was killed during combat in Somalia, according to reports. The officer — who wasn’t named — was a former member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 and belonged to the Special Activities Center, the agency’s paramilitary division, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The officer’s death comes after President Trump suggested he may withdraw troops out of Somalia in the future. The US has 700 troops in Somalia tasked with working with local forces to defeat the terrorist group Al-Shabaab, according to Reuters. The officer’s death will add another star on the memorial wall located inside the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia. The wall pays tribute to CIA service members killed in the line of duty. In September, the agency tweeted that the wall featured 135 stars to honor the fallen officers. End of Article **************************************************************************************************************** My additional note: There are currently 135 stars on the CIA Memorial, with this new one to be added, bringing the total to 136. Of these 19 do not disclose a name or date. The oldest undisclosed star is from 1965. If you would like to make a contribution to a charity that draws little attention to itself, check out the CIA Memorial Foundation. The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation provides educational support and emergency financial assistance to the families of CIA officers who die while on active duty or who are severely wounded or disabled serving in a war zone. The Foundation supports families of CIA officers by relieving financial stress, encouraging educational and career goals and emotionally reconnecting them with the great Agency to which their loved ones served with distinction. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | ||
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Another sh*thole we need to depart. Bomb as needed. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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The entire country of Somalia is not worth a single drop of American blood. Their "pirates" would make excellent live fire naval targets though. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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And send Ihlan Omar back to help her people. | |||
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May he Rip. I hope all the enemy was killed in the operation. Not one left standing. While I understand the sentiment. Having our men and women in these hot spots is necessary to keep America safe. So Bless all those willing to go and make sacrifices on behalf or our nation. Those on the wall deserve our gratitude. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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The way the world is today we need intelligence officers in the worst shitholes to keep an eye on what the savages are up to, and to throw a monkey wrench into their plans when we get the opportunity. Another hero lost doing America's business. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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UPDATE: The American killed was Michael "Goody" Goodboe, whose Navy rank was (if the source is correct) Senior Chief Petty Officer (hence the 'Senior' CIA officer?). There is some confusion over whether he was a CIA employee (i.e., fed.gov employee) or a CIA contractor (e.g., from Global Response Services, the company of Tyrone Woods and Glenn Doherty the two former SEALs killed in Benghazi or another CIA proprietary). For some time, CIA has blurred the line between fed.gov employees and employees of private firms (even if the firm is a CIA proprietary). For example, Doherty and Woods were given stars on the CIA Memorial, which for a very long time has been for CIA employees only (no contractors, even from proprietaries). After that, stars were given for Messrs Daniel Dennett and John Creech, employees of the Central Intelligence Group, the forerunner of CIA who were killed in 1947, one year before CIA was established. They were, however, fed.gov employees. so extending the Memorial to include them was at least consistent with the longstanding policy. With the line blurring, maybe, just maybe, there will be recognition of the dozens of men and women who worked for various CIA contractors, either a true private concern or a CIA proprietary. I think the longest list of those who would get included are those who worked for Civil Air Transport (CAT) (a declassified CIA history of CAT is available here) or the better known Air America. This is a partial list I've kept while reading about the Agency history: James B. McGovern Jr. Wallace Buford Eugene DeBruin Joseph C. Cheney Charles Herrick John Lerdo Oyer Jack J. Wells George L. Ritter Edward J. Weissenback Roy F. Townley Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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