Oh GOD it's just too MUCH the way this is written (Andrea Mitchell @ MSNBC)...
This is how she confirms her story:
"Before going public with her name, NBC News reached McCarthy's husband, Michael. He said he could not confirm that his wife had been fired from her career post. He declined further comment."
THEN...she (Andrea) reports (this is just too good to picture mentally) "Priest said she could not comment on the firing, which she said she learned about from NBC News."
And for her FINAL hopeful blow to any speculation on our part as to the connections we are beginning to make on FR, Ms Mitchell concludes:
"This leak is not linked to the recent scandal in the CIA involving undercover agent Valerie Plame’s identity’s being revealed, NBC reported."
This just MADE MY DAY!
Have Andrea or any of her fellow DNC stenographers started referring to McCarthy as a "whistleblower" yet?
OMG!
I am deliriously happy.
All of us must bookmark this thread!
The leak pertained to stories on the CIA’s rumored secret prisons in Eastern Europe, sources told NBC. The information was allegedly provided to Dana Priest of the Washington Post, who wrote about CIA prisons in November and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for her reporting.
Sources said the CIA believes McCarthy had more than a dozen unauthorized contacts with Priest. Information about subjects other than the prisons may have been leaked as well. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the firing.
CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise confirmed the dismissal. Millerwise said she was unsure whether there had ever been a firing before at the agency for leaking to the media.
Citing the Privacy Act, the CIA would not provide any details about the officer’s identity or assignments.
All CIA employees are required to sign a secrecy agreement upon being hired stating they are prohibited from discussing classified information with anyone not cleared to receive the material.