Those are the sorts of questions that leaders face all the time, and the answer is never easy.
Ideally, there would be a solution so that the mission could be completed without sacrifice.
[He could certainly find a way, because that's what he does.]
However, to answer your question, and based on what little information this scenario has given me, I would choose the life of the operative over the mission.
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Ideally, there would be a solution so that the mission could be completed without sacrifice.
[He could certainly find a way, because that's what he does.]
However, to answer your question, and based on what little information this scenario has given me, I would choose the life of the operative over the mission.