Posted on 04/21/2006 4:33:43 PM PDT by dennisw
WASHINGTON - In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News learned Friday.
The officer flunked a polygraph exam before being fired on Thursday and is now under investigation by the Justice Department, NBC has learned.
Intelligence sources tell NBC News the accused officer, Mary McCarthy, worked in the CIA's inspector general's office and had worked for the National Security Council under the Clinton and and George W. Bush administrations.
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.
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Anybody doubt "the enemy within" now?
This calls for celebration. Wish I could hug Goss right now.
Either this traitor can spill the other weasels or let her hang.
This gal is either her namesake, a daughter, or possibly a clone.
This is treasonous activity. This traitor has materially aided the enemy in time of war. She should be tried and hanged forthwith.
I see stupid sources.
Hopefully soon to be fired as well.
They gave her a Pulitzer? How discusting. Can't the congress do anything about this?
Was the firing classified? Personel matters that do not involve covert agents are not secret. Any more than if a cop gets fired for breaking the law. The fact that you are not authorized to discuss something does not mean it is illegal to discuss it. It just means you boss may be ticked if you do.
In this case McCarthy was with internal affairs. Her job was to catch leakers and traitors. She apparently is a leaker herself.
I suspect that Portor Goss has put in a sting unit to catch the crooked CIA people. And if I were looking for leakers, internal affairs would be a good place to start.
Sandy Bergler only got a slap on the wrist. She probably will too.
You're right about the way the MSM [spit] will spin this, but, again, Rove and Libby leaked nothing because the Plame dame wasn't undercover.
More interesting -
Who set her up with Dana Priest?
Go to the online version of The 9/11 Commission Final Report and do a search on "McCarthy" - there's 17 references.
Sample, Page 17:
"Mary McCarthy, the NSC senior director responsible for intelligence programs, initially cautioned Berger that the “bottom line" was that “we will need much better intelligence on this facility before we seriously consider any options.” She added that the link between Bin Ladin and al Shifa was “rather uncertain at this point.” Berger has told us that he thought about what might happen if the decision went against hitting al Shifa, and nerve gas was used in a New York subway two weeks later."
Google her name with "CIA"
Uh-huh...just as I thought, another Clinton holdover. I'm sick of this.
Media Spin follows:
She leaked....Rove leaked....Libby leaked.
She got fired.
Oh when, oh when will they fire Rove.
Be careful what you wish for. It may satisfy you but open up a whole can of MSM whoopass.
Yea, and they'll get to associate torture and "disappearance" into Soviet-era prisons with the Bush administration, and boy-o-boy they'll be in hog heaven!
That doesn't matter. We all know what the spin will be.
Krugman and Dowd will write articles praising the capture of the "leaker" and asking whem the "leaker in chief" will be fired.
Mark my words.
It would have been better to let it die.
Then again, as many know here, I've been wrong before.
Remember it's not the leaking, it's who is doing the leaking. Very confusing. There are good leaks and bad leaks, good leakers and bad leakers. Luckily we have the media available to helpfully sort things out for us.
if this is your attitude, you should surrender right now. Have you no confidence in making distinctions. If people continue to confuse the distinguishable, that is their problem.
are you sure you got the right photo?
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