仔細察了一下原文出處,原來這條消息來自Radaronline這個網站,原文如此:「Following his sophomore and junior years at Yale—a well-known recruiting ground for the CIA—Cooper spent his summers interning at the agency's monolithic headquarters in Langley, Virginia(CIA總部地址), in a program for students interested in intelligence work. His involvement with the agency ended there, and he chose not to pursue a job with the agency after graduation, according to a CNN spokeswoman, who confirmed details of Cooper's CIA involvement to Radar.」CNN的發言人對Radar確認了庫帕的CIA往事:在耶魯大學(知名的特工搖籃)時,打過CIA的「暑期工」。這個工作是CIA(美國中央情報局,總部位於弗吉尼亞州的蘭利)提供給「對情報感興趣的」學生。他完成了暑期工之後,並未選擇跟隨CIA工作。
但掛出的頭條內容,確是悲壯的烈士追憶。提及「This is a part of our series about CIA employees who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Here we will look at the lives of the men and women who have died while serving their country」(這是有關CIA僱員作出最終奉獻的系列報道,我們將看看這些男士、女士如何在為國家服務中捐軀。)這些公之於眾的美國「烈士」,確實是真正的特工。