A handful of emails forwarded to Hillary
Clinton's personal server while she was secretary of state contained
references to undercover CIA officers — including one who was killed by a
suicide attack in Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials who have
reviewed them.
But contrary to some published reports,
three officials said there was no email on Clinton's server that
directly revealed the identity of an undercover intelligence operative.
Rather, they said, State Department and other officials attempted to
make veiled references to intelligence officers in the emails —
references that were deemed classified when the messages were being
reviewed years later for public release.
In one case, an official said, an undercover CIA officer was referred to
as a State Department official with the word "State," in quotes, as if
to suggest the emailer knew the officer was not actually a diplomat. In
another case, an email refers to "OGA" for "other government agency," a
common reference to the CIA. Yet another now-classified email chain
originated with a member of the CIA director's staff, leading some
officials to question how Clinton could be blamed.
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Source: NBC News
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