CIA Asks Justice Dept. to Probe Leaks

Washington Times/NRO ^ | 9/3/09

[roses of sharon]

Besieged by leaks of several closely held secrets, the CIA has asked the Justice Department to examine what it regards as the criminal disclosure of a secret program to kill foreign terrorist leaders abroad, The Washington Times has learned.

Two U.S. intelligence officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the case, said the leak investigation involved a program that CIA Director Leon E. Panetta told Congress about in June and that surfaced in news reports just a month later.

The vice chairman of the the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence declined to discuss any possible leak investigations but told the Times on Thursday that a growing number of disclosures of highly secret programs, tactics and other information had caused "irreparable damage" to the U.S. intelligence community.

"They foil our attempts to carry out classified missions," Sen. Christopher S. Bond said in an interview. "They tell our intelligence community: We don't have your back; we're stabbing you in the back. Our allies ask us, 'How can we trust you to deal in classified matters in private, when the details are leaked to the press?'"

[roses of sharon]

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence....has a traitor.

[Choose Ye This Day]

More than one, I would guess...

[roses of sharon]

Did you notice the CIA said “irreparable damage”?

Does that seem like harsher language than usual?

It does to me, this one must have been very serious.

[jazusamo]

More than one, I would guess...

Agreed and they should be tracked down, tried and hung.

[boatbums]

I'd start with each one of them FIRST! And make it a real investigation - not a pretend one just to quiet the masses.

[headstamp 2]

“Two U.S. intelligence officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity of the case,”

Leakers leaking about the leak case.

[OldNavyVet]

Ameericans that voted for Obama are learning the hard way.

Obams’s “administration” — especially his “czar” approach — is revealing Obama’s nature.

May God save us all from Obama.

[April Lexington]

Now THERE is a stroke of genius. The Justice Department is hell bent on destroying the CIA and the CIA turns around and asks the Justice Department to investigate it! Sheer madcap!

[Freddd]

The Senate Select Committe on Intelligence IS the traitor.

[April Lexington]

They will conclude that this is all Bush’s fault...

[Bernard Marx]

I think the situation demands enhanced interrogation techniques: no use of the Senate Dining Room and Gym by Committee members, for starters.

[Fee]

If Valarie Flame can sue, why can’t the outed agents start a civil suit on the Senate members.

[April Lexington]

told Congress about in June and that surfaced in news reports just a month later.

They don't need to hire investigators. I think I just figured out who leaked...

[eldoradude]

all Bush’s fault...

How about we change that line to:

It's all Obama's fault.

Really.

[biff]

I think the CIA should investigate the case themselves and take care of the problem on their own. No need to bring in any outsiders, especially “enemy” outsiders.

[April Lexington]

MY post was meant as a joke. I was not criticizing Bush.. I forgot the sarcasm note. Sorry.

[Texas Fossil]

God will deal with Obama. Possibly with a little of our help.

No one mocks God and not regret it.

[OldNavyVet]

Doing the right thing somtmes involves courage — and both are virtues in my book.

[GOPJ]

Does that seem like harsher language than usual? It does to me, this one must have been very serious.

Dems would sell out their mothers...

[eldoradude]

I wasn't critisizing you.

It's been the joke for quite a while.

I was suggesting a new one, blame Obama.

Of course, Obama really is to blame...:D