<Assets are compensated by the agency.
Agents work for the agency.

No one is denying them their heroism or humanity - me, least of all.

Besides, I think a lot of folks on the radical left side of the aisle might be inclined to celebrate more if they thought these were career CIA agents*

These are the folks who opened up to the first CIA teams in Baghdad and throughout Iraq. Some were given hard currency to assist, others simply driven by hatred of Saddam and the despotic regime. I hope that the new statues or murals in Baghdad and elsewhere honor the sacrifices of the many who have sacrificed their lives so that others can be free. It will serve as a good example to the Iraqi people of Iraq's true "nobility."

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means. - A. Einstein

So true,

SDAI-Tech1

*aka Nazis, fascists or whatever is the presently favored slur du jour