CIA Outsmarted by Hezbollah: Is This the Cost of Counterterrorism? -- Max Fisher
Since 2001, the U.S. spy agency has been retooled to fight terror, but what has it lost?
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has unraveled much of the CIA's mission in Lebanon, capturing up to a dozen U.S. spies in the country and effectively shutting down the agency's crucial operations there. "Beirut station is out of business," a source told the Los Angeles Times today. The incident is a major blow to the CIA and to U.S. intelligence. The agency's posting in Lebanon has for decades been one of its most aggressive, most highly valued, and, for its staff, most prestigious. Though the CIA base there aggressively tracks Hezbollah, it is also a headquarters for monitoring and often countering Syria and Iran.
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Hezbollah Holds Lebanese C.I.A. Informants, Officials Say -- New York Times
CIA in Lebanon damaged by capture of spies by Hezbollah -- Daily Star
Hezbollah 'cripples' CIA - or so it seems -- UPI
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More News On Hezbollah Busting The CIA's Spy Network In Lebanon
Hezbollah Holds Lebanese C.I.A. Informants, Officials Say -- New York Times
CIA in Lebanon damaged by capture of spies by Hezbollah -- Daily Star
Hezbollah 'cripples' CIA - or so it seems -- UPI
More News On Hezbollah Busting The CIA's Spy Network In Lebanon
Hezbollah Holds Lebanese C.I.A. Informants, Officials Say -- New York Times
CIA in Lebanon damaged by capture of spies by Hezbollah -- Daily Star
Hezbollah 'cripples' CIA - or so it seems -- UPI
Reports: U.S. Operatives Caught In Lebanon, Iran -- Radio Free Europe
The Pizza Hut Connection: CIA Exposes Own Spies in Iran and Lebanon -- International Business Times
CIA Spies Outed In Lebanon: Hezbollah Identifies And Captures U.S. Agents -- Huffington Post
'I don't think we'll ever see them again:' More than a dozen CIA spies captured in Iran and Lebanon 'feared executed' -- Daily Mail