Afghan President Hamid Karzai waves as he leaves a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on July 29, 2010. (YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty)
The CIA's station chief in Afghanistan has become a crucial part of the relationship between Hamid Karzai and the Obama administration. His code name is "Spider" and he has known Karzai for more than a decade, according to intelligence correspondent at The Wall Street Journal, Siobhan Gorman. Karzai and Spider met prior to 9/11 when CIA was in the region trying to hunt down Osama bin Laden.
However, this relationship has caused some tension with the actual diplomats in Afghanistan, like Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry. Gorman says that Spider has a unique relationship with Karzai that transcends administrations and wars.
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