Though not all positions are secret. He could of been an analyst, expediter or field supervisor and not necessarily undercover.Beiruty wrote:CIA is secretive agency why one has blow his cover if he was afraid from a hit?
Added in Edit: The LEO's ignorance was appalling. CIA officials are not LEO nor under auspices as in the case of FBI, ATF, etc. They don't operate in the LE arena at all. I would presume it is likely a fairly easy process to get authorization (operations for example) to carry but it is not a blanket policy and plausible deniability is the order of the day should you be discovered.