2. Berg had been very successful in this mission, providing golden opportunities for the CIA and the FBI to deliver severe blows to Al-Qaeda.

3. With start of the Iraq war and Al-Qaeda's activities there, Berg was sent to Iraq under cover of a telecommunication businessman.

4. Based on his past contacts, Berg was able to make contact with a number of Al-Qaeda members in Iraq. His arrest and imprisonment in Iraq was also a CIA ploy to put him in touch with a number of Al-Qaeda members in prison.

5. Following his release, and making use of new contacts he had made in prison, Berg was able to make contacts with key Al-Qaeda leadership circles and its central ops under the leadership of Al-Zarqawi. This was to the point of identifying several key members of the organization.

6. At the same time, through help received from an Arab Intelligence Service, Al-Zarqawi was able to uncover Berg as a CIA agent. He subsequently arranged for his murder.

( The only thing I will say with certainty is that the whole Berg murder is very shadowy, all of it. ed. )