At this week's annual memorial ceremony we paid tribute to CIA officers who've died in the line of duty.
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July 1974: Memorial Wall created, but there was no dedication ceremony, no photos taken, & no fanfare. Stars simply appeared.
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1986: a counterintel officer suggested a ceremony be held annually in front of Wall.
1st Memorial Ceremony was held in 1987.
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DDCI Robert Gates presided over the simple event attended by small number of Agency officers.
50 stars were on Wall at that time
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Prior to this ceremony, employees were honored in small private services, typically just immediate family & a senior official.
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First 2 ceremonies, only Agency employees allowed to attend.
1989: Richard Welch’s widow & son attended.
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1990: all surviving family members who could be found were invited to attend ceremony.
Many return year after year.
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1995: names of all fallen officers, including those undercover, are read aloud.
Proposed by an ops officer, this continues today
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2009: DCIA Panetta presented a replica star to brothers of Douglas Mackiernan, 1st CIA officer killed.
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Today, each family receives a replica star sculpted by same artist who engraves them on Memorial Wall.
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Thankfully @POTUS was not there to desecrate your ceremony.
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