Scott Michael Roberson Killed in Suicide Blast at CIA Post

Ohio native among seven CIA officers killed in Afghanistan by suicide bomber, family says

Although Roberson he spent much the 1990s anchored at the Atlanta Police Department — where he rose to the rank of detective, working undercover in the narcotics unit — he began the next decade abroad, Messner said. Roberson first worked as a contractor with the United Nations’ security forces in Kosovo and went on to protect high-risk officials in Iraq.

He only recently joined the CIA, Messner said.

Roberson was a war hero, Messner said, but most wouldn’t have guessed it.