CIA officers mark death of spy with rare request

I say we need a revolution in America. we need to clear out congress and put in people that acutally care about human beings instead of money

You would think that the Central Intelligence Agency(considered such a high risk job), would have thought of having a fund for survivors of personel that died in the line of duty.

does this mean we have officially declared war on Afghanistan?? I am still uncertain

His family should have been taken care by the government......... why is the CIA soliciting donations from the tax payers?

How about Haliburton kicking in some cash? They've made billions in war profits in the middle east. Their profits have seen an increase of 243% over the last 8 years.

what a stupid headline.

Go ask the banks that out gov't bailed out...while the people got sold out

Government doesn't give a crap about anyone if it involves money unless they are taking it away.

man there seems to be a whole lot of pi*&ed off americans at their government on these web sites on most any subject
hell pilgrims king george was more popular during the revolutionary war than congress is today with the american people old george had a 21 % rating congress got 8 yeeee hawwwww
according to the pewter and puke drinking society poll

Hey CIA. How about targeting the enemies within. Congress, the Senate and White House.

Stop sending money to foriegn countries and pay these people.I lost 2 nephews in Afgahnistan and no one is paying their kids education either 2 of those kids never met their fathers but yet we can send money to Jordan every year to leave Israel alone something like $400 million should that not be Israels responsibility to take care of themselves by whatever means not our tax dollars to pay someone else off to not harm them

Doesn´t Government have an existing fund like, "killed in the line of duty benefits" for survivors, similar to the military?

A really good spy is never known. They live, perform their job and eventually die, all without fanfare. Truly undercover !

If we are going to be asked for funds for CIA personnel, how about funds for fallen U S soldiers children. An army PFC is paid a hell of a lot less than a CIA operative.

CIA spies / agents are NEVER outed by the agency during the time of their service, and even AFTER their death.... Plus, people who work for CIA and such get paid VERY LARGE income, with ALL the benefits a regular american can just dream of.
If they are stationed in foreign countries, they WORK for one of these "dummy" corporations and companies , established long time ago. They live there as ex-pats.
Tax-Free income, with FREE housing, and company CAR and driver........

they get LOTS of benefits, and one of them includes, HEFTY life insurance policies........

every parent CANNOT afford to send their kid to college, that's why, they have the PELL GRANT . . . tell their kids to go to local community college for first two years, and if they SMART enough, they will ACE all their subjects, and qualify for Scholarships, and additional PELL GRANT , until they get their Bachelor's...........

other parents , WHO are alive, don't get any help for their kids' education........ why should a child of a spy / cia agent get benefits only because they lost a parent....
they are the same as any other kid in USA, who wants an education.................

other kids' parents are working their Arse off to make ends meet.....

what are we trying to say that if this agent was ALIVE, he would have been able to afford to send his kid to college? well, let's suppose, he worked for 10 more years, and made a million dollars.......... that's the same amount of money, the family collect from insurance policies...........

plus, if he was smart enough, he had already created a trust fund, and put in money from the start.........

also, if thigs get that bad, what is the gov't doing? it's the govt's responsibility.....

cut the pay for the big wigs at CIA and put that into an educational fund.......

if poor kids have to survive, without a 'foundation' or 'fund', so do the rich ones........

isn't the deceased spouse working at all? many, and i emphasize again, many single parents are out there, struggling and working hard to make sure their kids make it through colleges / universities........ they don't have a foundation or special fund helpiing them out............

and many of them earn less than 50k per year............ not the HUGE salaries of a CIA spy / agent - TAX FREE.............

I gave at the Haliburton office

The U.S. government should guarantee the educaion of these left behind children. Cut a few of the expense accounts that are sqandered on lobbyists.

So if a CIA agent is killed in the line of duty, our Government does not take care of their family?? This story is wack!!

How Sad that our congress willingly sends $10,000,000,000 (10 billion) per year to Israel as an annual reoccurring gift yet the CIA has to go out begging to take care of the 57 Children of fallen officers. less than 1% of the annual gift will take care of these Children till adulthood even if they choose the most expensive private colleges

Which country is our congress working for?

Why is it when a government employee is killed in the line of duty, someone wants us to provide funding for their children for their educations???? I would think all CIA officers would have an insurance policy that would help their families, and being his wife is a retired CIA officer as well. The USA government employees make a a lot more money then most people would expect.

What about the children who parents don't work for the US government who die, why isn;t anyone asking for their education to be paid for. They are no different then the CIA officers who chose that line of work, knowing the dangers they could face.

It seems we only want to help government employees, like this CIA officer, policemen, firemen, US military, but what about the teacher, plumbers, constructions, retailer workers, cooks, waiters, trash men, bank tellers, bus drivers, and so on. They are hard working people, more so then the government employees.

Being a Vet of the 1st gulf war, I feel I have the right to speak out on this matter.