[GAB-1955]

Bill Gertz--who I know--is the Official Designated Leakee of the Washington Times for intelligence affairs. He's like Con Coughlin of the London Daily Telegraph in that matter.

As for the leaker being a traitor: I won't make a judgement. I've been around Washington bureaucracy long enough to know that often something sleazy or stupid gets a classification put on it to CYA.

[filbert]

Here's the possibilities:

1) His story is 100% true in all details.
2) His story is true in most respects, but is embellished to enhance his "martyr/whistleblower" status.
3) His story has a germ of truth but has been wildly dramatized to enhance his status.
4) His story is complete B.S. and he is in fact a paranoid as diagnosed by the Gov'mint shrinks.

I think he should be taken seriously (i.e. not dismissed out of hand as some here would do) but also that he should not be taken without healthy skepticism (unlike the Bush Derangement Syndrome crowd who are swallowing his story hook, line and sinker).

It's quite possible he's a loon. It's also possible that he's been screwed--anyone who's worked in an office knows how that can work. It's most likely a combination of the two--he actually did think he saw a commie under a rock, but failed to effectively communicate that up the chain and instead became a problem rather than helping the situation.

I also don't think he knows jack about the current NSA Al-Qaida espionage kerfluffle, but (of course) have absolutely no way of knowing that for sure.

[endthematrix]

Thanks. Originally I thought the headline indicated Gertz was the leaker and he was asked to testify! I was confused...late night.