CIA to Obama: Quit blaming us

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After the single most deadly day for the CIA since eight officers were killed in Beirut in 1983, an official tells the Daily Mail he’s tired of the double standard: 

One day the President is pointing the finger and blaming the intelligence services, saying there is a systemic failure,’ said one agency official. ‘Now we are heroes. The fact is that we are doing everything humanly possible to stay on top of the security situation. The deaths of our operatives shows just how involved we are on the ground.’

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