So for context, since you asked about family - I classify that as solely my mom and dad. It probably helps that he's single with no kids, but any relationship starts with a lie which must have been gut-wrenching. He hid his identity for 10 years from everyone except his brother. We've pulled our favorite exchanges from this AMA, which is filled with enough acronyms to make your head spin. My final assignment was with a top secret task force operating amidst the Syrian Civil War. I was in Afghanistan throughout President Obama's 2010 Afghan Surge, during which time I worked on eliminating the most deadly improvised explosive device (IED) network in the world as well as the removal of numerous al-Qaeda and Taliban High Value Targets from the battlefield.I was in Kandahar, Afghanistan during Operation Neptune Spear which resulted in the death of UBL in Abbottabad, Pakistan. I was a Central Intelligence Agency Case Officer who served in the Directorate of Operations (DO) with multiple tours in Afghanistan and throughout the Middle East. H is answers are often sprinkled with humor and compassion that you don't feel from any military mouthpiece. Names, places, and timelines are redacted, but that doesn't lessen the impact of his words, as it's easy to assume his involvement in a number of covert operations that have shaped our recent history based on the information he can share. The complex life of a CIA officer is unveiled in this fascinating AMA on Reddit, which reveals an existence that is both terrifying and amusing, but never boring.
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