[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Tristan Hirsch, 24, was wounded in the Kabul airport attack on August 26 last year
- He said Marines had spotted the bomber hanging around for two days
- 'We knew what he looked like. The CIA let us know,' said Hirsch
- They asked for permission to kill him but were unable to stop the attack
- 13 US personnel and at least 170 Afghans died in the suicide attack
- Hirsch said US troops saw Taliban gunmen shoot people in the chaotic crowd
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