haha!
Posted on 04/23/2006 7:55:07 AM PDT by americaprd
The senior intelligence analyst who was fired Thursday by the CIA is a supporter of Democratic congressional candidate Joseph Sestak, which U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon’s campaign charged is further evidence that the former Navy admiral cannot be trusted on national security issues.
Mary McCarthy was dismissed for leaking classified information about the CIA’s secret overseas prisons to The Washington Post, several media organizations reported Saturday.
Sestak, who served as director for defense policy on Bill Clinton’s National Security Council, received two donations from McCarthy last month totaling $350. McCarthy also contributed $2,000 to Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.
Weldon’s campaign reiterated that Sestak accepted contributions from former Clinton National Security Adviser Samuel "Sandy" Berger and former CIA Director John Deutch -- both of whom have admitted to mishandling classified information.
"‘Where will this end?" asked Weldon campaign spokesman Michael Puppio. "Sestak and the Clinton people are attempting to infect Delaware County with these scandals."
Berger, who last month hosted a Washington fund-raiser for Sestak and contributed $1,000 to his campaign, pleaded guilty last year to a misdemeanor charge of removing and destroying classified material from the National Archives.
Deutch was pardoned by Clinton in 2001 for storing classified intelligence reports on personal computers linked to the Internet. He gave $500 to Sestak’s campaign.
"The guy is in the campaign 2½ months and he’s got contributors who are national criminals and the scandal is following him," Puppio said of Sestak. "Now," he added, "a fired CIA employee who may face criminal charges as a result of this also gave" to the Democrat’s campaign.
Sestak campaign spokeswoman Allison Price said Weldon’s "silly" attacks and "conspiracy theories" are signs that he is desperate to hold on to his seat.
"Joe is an extremely strong candidate. He was a three-star admiral. Of course Weldon is going to throw anything at the wall and see what sticks," she said.
Price said Sestak stands by his former colleagues in the Clinton administration and is proud of the work they accomplished in the 1990s. "These are people that know Joe and support Joe and know that he is capable," she said.
McCarthy, who was reportedly serving in the CIA’s inspector general’s office at the time of her firing, was appointed by Berger in 1998 as special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs.
Weldon officials also suspect McCarthy leaked information to the media last year in an attempt to debunk the congressman’s book, "Countdown to Terror," which is highly critical of the CIA. Weldon plans to call for a FBI investigation "to see what national security information she leaked and who she leaked it to," Puppio said.
Sestak entered the 7th District race in February and is widely regarded as the strongest Democratic challenger Weldon has ever faced.
In some previous elections, the 10-term Republican hasn’t acknowledged his Democratic opponent. This year, however, his campaign has launched a full assault on Sestak, labeling him as a candidate who was "handpicked" by former Clinton officials to oust Weldon.
Sestak has previously told the Daily Times that no individual or organization asked him to run for Congress and that the decision was solely his own.
haha!
It took the new Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Mike Mullen, less than 24 hours to dump one of the most disliked officers among the Navy's top brass. Vice-Admiral Joe Sestak, an arrogant and obnoxious "bully-boy," who delighted in being rude and unreasonable and getting away with it, found he was expendable the minute his mentor went out the door.
It was (Vern) Clark, a leftover from the Clinton Administration, who promoted Sestak to his third-star and made him deputy chief of naval operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs. Those who dared to complain about Sestak's abusive "management style" were ignored or punished.
http://tinyurl.com/zm83f
July 25, 2005
Deputy CNO Sestak Is ‘Reassigned’
New CNO Reportedly Makes Move Because of ‘Poor Command Climate’
By Christopher P. Cavas
Times staff writer
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (DCNO) Vice Adm. Joseph Sestak was “administratively reassigned” July 25 by new Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen, according to Rear Adm. T. McCreary, chief of naval information.
“Rear Adm. Mark Edwards, currently serving as director of the Surface Warfare Division, will serve as the acting DCNO until such time as a relief can be identified, nominated and confirmed,” McCreary said.
A source within the Navy Department said there were no allegations of misconduct on the part of Sestak. Rather, he said, the move is being made because of poor command climate.
http://tinyurl.com/gbwrc
I read it as "Clintonista politico creates poor command climate in the US Navy!" Let's remember that Sestak was on Sandy Burglar's NSC staff (leading to the Burglarites to hold their recent fundraiser for Sestak), and can almost certainly be viewed as one of the trojan horse "moles" that the Clintonistas forced into high levels of the bureaucracy as they prepared to leave town.
3/27/2006
Tonight’s event begins at 6 p.m. and will be held at the Connecticut Ave. law office of Harold Ickes and Janice Enright, according to the invitation. Ickes, a labor attorney and former top aide to President Clinton, was a strategist for Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign. Enright, a lobbyist who works with Ickes, is the treasurer of Sen. Clinton’s 2006 re-election committee.
The invitation asks for individual contributions ranging from $250 to $2,100. Sestak is not distancing himself from Berger or the other Clinton administration officials hosting the fund-raiser, including Anthony Lake, Richard Clarke, John Dalton and Rand Beers.
"This event is hosted by a group of people I used to work with, people that I was and am friends with, and I am proud to count them among my friends," Sestak said through Bennett.
http://tinyurl.com/krndf
That's why the dinosaur media IS the dinosaur media and why it is dying. No way can they keep up. I just wish they would hurry up and die.
This sick traitorous scumbag Mary McCarthy should be taken to Eastern Europe and waterboarded until she spits out everything she knows. No joke.
I would have probably gone into permanent hiding if I got caught doing something like that but THEY have no shame.
I seem to recall Howard Dean wasn't even trying to be "stealthy" in his game plan to go around recruiting veterans to run in local, state, and Congressional races...
in order to "use" their military service against the GOP...and they do intend to USE these people..and if they don't win...they will be thrown away like so much trash.
And yes, like you said...they will scream the dem mantra "you can't question my patriotism and get away with it"...at every opportunity in the press and during any debate.
The question is: How DO the GOP counter that?
You're right .. and air america has been promoting this for months
Honor their service to our country
But that doesn't mean they will make for good politicians
Just look at McCain
I agree!
LOL...I can hear Curt Weldon now, in a debate...
Sir, I honor your service to the country, but that doesn't mean you will be a good Congressman....I mean...look at John Kerry, John Murtha, and John McCain!!!!
Oh..jeez, I just realized I named three "Johns"....oopsy!
Solid points
Moe's own brother?
Just my opinion but it takes a lot of 'ego' to strive for high position, and once they get there they don't want to lose power so badly that they'll do anything to keep it.
Sestak's Wife is Susan Lesley Clark, a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
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