[mcashman]

had grown increasingly disenchanted with the often harsh and extra-legal methods adopted by the Bush administration for handling Al Qaeda prisoners and felt she had no alternative except go to the press.

I suppose she had escalated her concerns up the chain of command and has documented responses on how hard she tried to be heard? (sarcasm off)

If she's such a "rule-book" fan, that would seem to be the way to go, followed by a conversation with the Intelligence Committee, followed by resigning in protest, while keeping this information secret forever. Am I missing something?

After all, the oath doesn't say, "you will keep secret everything except what you don't agree with", right?

[tazannie]

"you will keep secret everything except what you don't agree with",

I guess it depends on who's rules you play by.

[popdonnelly]

"had grown increasingly disenchanted with the often harsh and extra-legal methods adopted by the Bush administration for handling Al Qaeda prisoners"

She wouldn't be privy to any of that information in her role in the Inspector General's Office.