“We are opening an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified materials related to the NSA,” one official said, referring to the National Security Agency.
I grew up near NSA and had many, many personal contacts with NSA folks, including families.
The leaks that started in the NY Slimes are absolutely obscene, and the employees who engaged in them should be hanged.
The investigation is pretty limited on this. Very few people were briefed on this.
I am not so sure that it was anyone at the NSA, I think it was a Senator or a Congressman- those that were briefed. Or it could be someone in the FISA courts.
The CIA leaks like a sive- we know this. Just reading the Washington Post story, you could clearly get the feeling that someone from the inside of the CIA was leaking this story. But reading the NY Times story- you cannot get the same feeling that the NSA was leaking this. The NY Times gave the impression that it was a "lawmaker"- leading us to believe that it was someone involved in the Congress.