and Beers resigned his National Security Council (NSC) position as special assistant to President George Walker Bush for combatting terrorism five days before the invasion of Iraq.[1] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62941-2003Jun15.html?nav=hptop_tb)
Beers is described as a "lifelong bureaucrat, unassuming and tight-lipped until now. He is an unlikely insurgent. He served on the NSC under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton and the current Bush."
However, on June 16, 2003, "Eight weeks after leaving the Bush White House, he volunteered as national security adviser for Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.), a Democratic candidate for president, in a campaign to oust his former boss."[2] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62941-2003Jun15.html?nav=hptop_tb)
"When asked about Beers, Sean McCormack, an NSC spokesman, said, 'At the time he submitted his resignation, he said he had decided to leave government. We thanked him for his three decades of government service.' McCormack declined to comment further."[3] (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62941-2003Jun15.html?nav=hptop_tb)
"However it was viewed inside the administration, onlookers saw it as a rare Washington event. 'I can't think of a single example in the last 30 years of a person who has done something so extreme,' said Paul C. Light, a scholar with the Brookings Institution. 'He's not just declaring that he's a Democrat. He's declaring that he's a Kerry Democrat, and the way he wants to make a difference in the world is to get his former boss out of office.'"[4]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rand_Beers
Wasn't Rand Beers a former roommate of either John Kerry or his brother, Cameron???
If my memory is correct, he was likely a mole himself while serving in the Reagan and Bush 41 adiministrations.
I'm terrible at research, better at wispy memories and tenuous connections. :-)
You all have found a goldmine of info here.
BTW, if Mary is from northern Ohio, Michigan State is hardly a far away university for undergrad work. And McCarthy is a common name in that area. I went to high school with a few of them...
Pinz
"This confirms the contents of the bio above. On Page 210 she is mentioned as one of the people working with Condi Rice to plan for dealing with the Taliban before 9-11:
In March 2001, Rice asked the CIA to prepare a new series of authorities for covert action in Afghanistan. Rice’s recollection was that the idea had come from Clarke and the NSC senior director for intelligence, Mary McCarthy, and had been linked to the proposal for aid to the Northern Alliance and the Uzbeks.
In what is becoming a bad trend for Mary, she is now linked with Sandy Berger and Richard Clarke. Especially this strange reference (again from the 9-11 report):
9. See Joint Inquiry briefing by Mike, Sept. 12,2002.For briefings to the NSC,see NSC email,Clarke to Berger, “Threat Warning: Usama bin Ladin,” Mar. 7, 1998; Mary McCarthy interview (Dec. 8, 2003); CIA memos, summary of weekly Berger/Tenet meeting, May 1, 1998.
She apparently came to the defense of Richard Clarke once. If she is one in the same, this person has betrayed a lot of people with her actions. Maybe she will be turning on some compatriots. Addendum: more bio information here (note: please reference this site if you are using my work in your news products. Be professionally courteous). The other item to watch is the fact she sent memos to Berger and Clarke - maybe her name is on Berger’s infamous memos!
Update: Could there be a connection between the CIA firing and and the news that a key Democrat Hill Representative from West VA resigning his poston the House Ethics Committee? Coincidence? Seems like it. Except for the fact one name keeps propping up in the NSA leak investigation: one Senator Rockefeller from West VA. Probably just coincidence…"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bet Condi was forthcoming with info about the worm, too.