After 13 years, CIA honors Green Beret killed on secret Afghanistan mission

Gentlemen, it was a secret mission with and emphasis on SECRET. The reason he did get his acknowledgement is because, more than likely, this mission was recently declassified. This is not about disrespect. It's about OPSEC

While I understand the need to memorialize individuals in a relevant time frame the CIA's approach to history is more insular. How the CIA commemorates members of its community has evolved over the past 60 years. From a quietly covert toast involving very few individuals within the Agency with no lasting physical memorial to something more regular, surprisingly public, and more permanent that involves and informs the Agency's community as a whole.

The CIA as well uses the history of individuals as a collection of the CIA's history. The CIA does have a virtual Hall of Honor, which is administered by the CIA Museum and is available to authorized users of the Agency’s intranet. It is very similar to the FBI’s Hall of Honor available on the FBI’s public site - yet the CIA Hall of Honor is, not surprisingly, classified.

Regardless of time its nice to see the CIA finally being able to reveal some of the task and purpose regarding Nate's service to our country.

Attached is an article that describes the complexities as well the transformation in how the CIA commemorates its fallen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR [login to see] 214.html