Re: CIA
They were already having a terrible weak, John Brennan has been reading them the riot act
about this memo that wasn't properly disseminated through the IC
Horrible
And didn't know it was single worst time.
Sorry for the redundancy, had no idea.
Just tell her Leon wanted her and Gates to know.
The problems they're having now are logistical, trying to figure out how to get the
bodies back. They'll come through Dover 3-5 days from now. They seem really shaken up
over there, nothing like this has ever happened to them.
Sent: Wed Dec 30 12:52:04 2009
Subject: CIA
Separate from what's happening in regards to the Christmas attack, Jeremy Bash just
called me because Director Panetta wanted him to relay through me that the CIA suffered a
terrible incident yesterday in Afghanistan.
Seven of their agents were meeting with a contact when an explosion killed them all. To
the extent it's currently being reported, they are being identified as DoD personnel, not
Agency.
The details are thin and he couldn't get into more detail on an open line, but they
believe the contact they met with set them up and was either carrying the explosive or
detonated it.
They believe this is the greatest loss of life to a single incident in the Agency's
history, and the first time that Agency personnel have been so deliberately targeted in
Afghanistan.
Director Panetta at home in Monterey, CA, and likely returning to DC in the coming
days.
https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/Litigation_F-2016-07895_44/F-2016-07895/DOC_0C06161770/C06161770.pdf