WASHINGTON - The CIA on Tuesday disclosed the names of 15 of its
operatives killed in the line of duty over the last 30 years, the
result of a new effort to honor officers whose sacrifices had long
gone unrecognized by all but a few.
Fourteen of the dead already inscribed in their memory on the CIA's
wall of honor in the lobby of the old headquarters building on the
agency's Langley, Va., campus. But their names had been withheld.
In addition, Jeffrey R. Patneau, who died at age 26 in Yemen in 2008
from injuries sustained in a car accident. He was the number of CIA
officer recognized as having died in the line of duty.
"The .... stars on the wall behind me all heard the same call to duty
and answered it without hesitation - never for acclaim, always for
country,"
Their words and deeds will inspire us forever, and their service and
sacrifice will never be forgotten."
Many of the CIA officers memorial list kept on the website of the
American Foreign Service Association of diplomats who died in the line
of duty.
Some were identified as CIA employees in news media accounts at the
time of their deaths. But Tuesday's statement from the CIA marked the
first official acknowledgment that any of them had been undercover
operatives for the spy agency.
"The Secret Lives and Deaths of CIA Operatives," who identified some
of the 15 for his book. "These families who lost loved ones who were
covert not only had to endurethe loss - they also were tethered to
bogus cover stories for years and years. They had to raise their
children without any details or specifics as to what their mothers or
fathers gave their lives for."
Name had not been publicly linked to the CIA previously. The car
crash in Yemen that killed him occurred on Sept. 29, 2008, the U.S.
government says. Officials dispute a claim by al-Qaida that he was
killed during a well-publicized attack on the U.S. Embassy in the
capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 17 that year.
The list includes five officers - Phyliss Nancy Faraci, Deborah M.
Hixon, Frank J. Johnston, James F. Lewis and Monique N. Lewis - who
died in the April 18, 1983, bomb attack against the U.S. Embassy in
Beirut. They were all listed at the time of the bombing as State
Department employees.
And it includes four others who died in terrorist attacks. Jacqueline
K. Van Landingham wasshot and killed in Pakistan in March 1995.
Matthew K. Gannon was killed in the December 1988 bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Molly N. Hardy died in the August
1998 suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. Leslianne
Shedd died in November 1996, when hijackers forced down her plane over
the Indian Ocean, killing more than 125 people.
The agency also named Barry S. Castiglione, who died during the July
1992 ocean rescue of a colleague in El Salvador; Lawrence N. Freedman;
killed in Somalia in December 1992; Thomas M. Jennings Jr., who died
in Bosnia-Herzegovina in December 1997; Freddie R. Woodruff, who was
killed in Georgia in August 1993; and Robert W. Woods, who died in a
plane crash in August 1989 with a humanitarian mission in Ethiopia.
Those five deaths, are a reminder of "the sheer sweep of our global
mission" and "the risks inherent to intelligence work,as well as the
bravery and integrity of those who perform it." A Government Statment
by a source.
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