The New York Times - Is the C Ia Really a Top Secret Source?

Top american counter intelligence officials warned every c i a station in base around the world last week about troubling numbers of informants recruited from other countries to spy for the united states being captured or killed. The potential reasons cited were maybe sloppy work by the c i a, not prioritizing the security and vedting of sources well enough, as well as the impact of new technology that just makes easier for these counter intel services abroad to track c ia officers or sources in their countries. "I think what happened as they they figured out how the us. Was communicating with those sources, the so called covert communications," says Tommy Vance.