Darkest Day: 8 CIA Killed in Afghanistan

There are currently 90 stars on the CIA’s Memorial Wall at the Agency’s headquarters in Langley, Virginia. They represent the CIA officers killed in the line of duty – 55 of the names are known publicly, 35 (including several killed since the 9/11 attacks) remain secret.

Today was one of the darkest days in the Agency’s 62-year history. A suicide bomber somehow managed to infiltrate the supposedly ultra-secure Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khost in eastern Afghanistan and detonated a bomb in the gym. Eight CIA officers or contractors were said to have been killed – soon there will be up to 98 stars on the Memorial Wall. Six others  at the base were wounded, some severely.