[oceanview]

for all we know, maybe this guy was already IDed as a leaker - and hence this action? that's an awfully high level person to be leaking, but who knows what DC cocktail circuit hs was on.

[prairiebreeze]

could be..

[TheBlueMax]

Just my two cents here from past contact with the Farm, but you are not "relieved" from your position at Langley because you are soft on terrorism. You may get the golden parachute, but not yanked from your spot. I would not be surprised if he was found to have committed some offense, either of agency rules and reg's, or talked to someone he shouldn't have about inside operations.