Heeeeeere’s Henry. CIA SPOOK Turned Foggy Bottom Go-To Guy in Afghanistan Leaving

December 19, 2006

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This is exactly the kind of guy the State Department needs. He’s leaving. WaPo has the story here. Here are some money quotes:

[Henry A. “Hank”] Crumpton was a career covert CIA officer with a secret identity who stepped out of the shadows in August 2005 to take the State Department job. He gained almost mythical fame after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks when he headed the CIA’s campaign in Afghanistan, crafting a strategy that partnered elite intelligence and military officers in teams that worked with Afghan opposition to oust the Taliban.
Crumpton is the mysterious “Henry” in the Sept. 11 commission report, which notes that he repeatedly urged U.S. intelligence to do more in Afghanistan before the al-Qaeda attacks.

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