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Khost CIA Attack: Lessons One Year Later

The al Qaeda attack on a CIA outpost in Afghanistan killed seven American agents and a Jordanian handler. Bruce Riedel reports on what the agency has learned.

Bruce Riedel

Published Dec. 29 2010 5:38PM EST

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The attack was one of the deadliest on a CIA outpost on foreign soil. With the use of an undercover agent, al Qaeda struck inside a U.S.

Bruce Riedel

Bruce Riedel

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