The CIA has always been an agency cloaked in innuendo, secrecy, conspiracy theories and the unknown. They have a long tradition of handing out fake names, and whenever they honor one of their own, they never do so to a point where anyone anywhere can specifically identify the individual in question.

That seems to have all changed when this past week they honored Greg Vogle with the Trailblazer award.  

The Trailblazer award was first awarded in 1997, and it is given to current, retired, or deceased CIA operatives. It honors those "who, by their actions, innovation, or initiative, have taken the agency in important new directions and helped shape the agency's history.

Greg Vogle is the 83rd person to receive the award. He earned his by saving the life of Hamid Karzai (the future president of Afghanistan) in 2001.

When the U.S. accidentally bombed the location of Karzai in 2001, it was Greg Vogle who jumped onto Karzai, literally shielding the man with his own body, saving his life in the process.

Vogle is now retired, but his last post at the CIA was, head of the CIA's covert operations branch.

I do find it strange that the CIA would release the name of a former covert operative, even after their career. Who knows? Maybe things are changing within the agency itself.

Here are 10 (apparent) secret facts about the CIA. Enjoy.