Thanks to Paul Pillar, director of graduate studies at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies and a former CIA intelligence officer.

在此特别感谢美国乔治敦大学和平及安全研究中心研究生院主任，中情局前情报员皮拉尔·保罗对本文的支持。

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Standing in front of a wall with 89 stars, each depicting an officer killed in action, Obama praised the CIA as the "tip of the spear" in protecting the US from its enemies.

CIA大厅的墙上有89颗星，每一颗都代表一位在行动中殉职的CIA特工。 奥巴马在这面墙前称赞CIA是保护美国免受敌人侵害的”尖兵“（tip of the spear）.

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Robert Baer, a former CIA field officer assigned to the Middle East, is the author of "See no evil" and the Devil we Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower.

罗伯·特贝尔前中情局外勤人员分配到中东，是作者“看不出有什么邪恶”和“魔鬼我们知道：与伊朗新的超级大国处理。”

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But former CIA officer Robert Grenier says the claim may well be true because of their threats of retaliation over U.S.drone aircraft attacks against the Taliban.

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Former CIA officer Bruce Riedel has advised President Obama on Afghan policy.

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Paul Pillar,a former senior CIA intelligence officer now with Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, favors a shift away from direct combat operations to a concentration on training Afghanistan's army and police, and economic development.

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Prosecutors have argued that leaking a CIA officer's name could endanger the life of the operative.

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It had been censored for reasons of US national security by CIA officer William McNair.

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The ex-CIA officer also notes that the action required approval from the CIA's deputy director of operations.

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