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WASHINGTON — Members of the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence have been briefed on the arrests of at least a dozen CIA operatives in Lebanon. The arrests have badly damaged U.S. monitoring of Iran and its chief proxy, Hizbullah.

“It is hard to overestimate the damage,” one official said.

In October, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, flew to Beirut to interview CIA officers.

Officials said the visit was meant to determine CIA responsibility for the Hizbullah arrest of key operatives in Iran and Lebanon. Hizbullah members have been appointed to 16 of the 30 ministries in the Lebanese government.

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