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CIA not CYA

Rich Galen

Wednesday, July 14 2004

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• "... CIA Wall of Honor ...":
  From the CIA Web Page:

  On the north wall of the Original Headquarters Building lobby, to the right as you enter, is a memorial wall that was commissioned by the CIA Fine Arts Commission in May 1973 and sculpted by Harold Vogel in July 1974.

  With the simple inscription "IN HONOR OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY," this wall of 83 stars stands as a silent, simple memorial to those CIA officers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

  The glass-encased Book of Honor below the stars lists the 48 names of officers which can be revealed; while the names of the remaining 35 officers must remain secret, even in death. Framed by the American and the Central Intelligence Agency flags, this memorial immortalizes these anonymous few who served and sacrificed in silence.

• Mullfoto of the Day
  
  tut so volkswagon

• Catchy Caption of the Day

  
  Actual Caption: "Crowds cheer US President George W. Bush at Northern Michigan University during a campaign rally in Marquette."

  Wait. What? College students? Cheering President Bush? And it wasn't on the front page of your newspaper? I'm shocked.

  (AFP/Stephen Jaffe )