CIA Headquarters Shooting Inside the International Manhunt for Mir Amal Kanzi
It was a crisp winter morning in Langley, Virginia. Cars were lined up at a stoplight, waiting to turn into the main entrance of CIA headquarters. Inside those vehicles were ordinary people—analysts, engineers, covert operatives—going about their daily commute. None of them knew that a man with an AK-47 was watching them from a brown Datsun station wagon, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
At approximately 8:00 AM on January 25, 1993, Mir Aimal Kansi stepped out of his vehicle and walked calmly between the lanes of traffic. He raised his Norinco Type 56 assault rifle and opened fire…
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