Another story from "The Hill" newspaper in DC.
State by State
Pennsylvania
Democrat Joe Sestak, a retired Navy admiral running against Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), is drawing fire for receiving campaign contributions from a CIA analyst dismissed last week for leaking classified information.
Weldon, who is facing a heated race, called on Sestak to return money from Mary McCarthy, the senior intelligence analyst who, according to reports, was dismissed for leaking classified information about overseas CIA prisons to The Washington Post. McCarthy contributed $350 to Sestak’s campaign.
Weldon also called on Sestak to return campaign contributions from former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, who pleaded guilty to illegally taking and destroying classified materials, and former CIA Director John Deutch, who admitted to mishandling highly classified intelligence documents. Berger contributed $1,000 to Sestak’s campaign, and Deutch gave $500.
“If he is truly concerned about national security, Joe Sestak should renounce the actions of these people and return their contributions to his campaign,” Weldon said in a statement.
“Admiral Sestak ensures that his campaign meets all Federal [Election] Commission guidelines, and we only know about Mary McCarthy what we have seen in the newspapers,” said Allison Price, Sestak’s campaign spokeswoman. McCarthy gave because she thought much needs to change in Congress, Price added.
“Joe is proud of the work that the Clinton administration did in the 1990s, and he is proud that he served with men like Berger and Deutch,” Price said. Sestak worked at the National Security Agency during his Pentagon career.
— Roxana Tiron
I can't help but wonder where Mary gets all of this excess cash that she so liberally sprinkles throughout the Dem. party campaigns...hmmm..inquiring minds and all that.
Interesting that both of these members of the Goober Gang* selected Weldon as a target. Did they give to the Democrat in every at-risk Pubbie district? Do they have some tie to Pennsylvania? Methinks they badly want Able Danger killed.
* "Goober Gang:" Bush-hating government operatives (Berger, MCCarthy, Plame, Joe Wilson, etc.) who find it plausible that an Iraqi atomic energy scientist was visiting uranium-rich Niger as part of an Iraqi trade mission not to inquire about purchasing uranium, but rather to procure a reliable supply of peanuts for the Baghdad Baseball League concession. Ninety-eight percent of journalists believe the Goober Gang to be motivated only by their passion for honesty, patriotism, and transparent governance.
Interesting, thanks!
Holy molie - has Aldrich Ames and Richard Hanson contributed to this guy as well? ;)
“Joe is proud of the work that the Clinton administration did in the 1990s, and he is proud that he served with men like Berger and Deutch..Convinces me he is NOT part of the solution, but a major part of the problem.