[lbryce]

And the New York Times looks to getting paid by revealing government secrets.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

With so many people watching the lives of others, this was bound to happen sooner rather than later.

The only thing that bothers me is that this total informant thing is a one-way street. Ubama gets to know everything about us, but we get to know nothing about him, like his publisher's press release saying he was born in Kenya, or all those social security numbers he has used, or where he was during the time he was ostensibly attending Columbia University, or why a Saudi prince pulled strings to get him into Harvard law school.

Tell us a few things about yourself, Barry, and we won't feel so screwed--blue and tattooed.

[RoosterRedux]

Leaker’s Employer Is Paid to Maintain Government Secrets

You don't say? I would have never guessed!

[txhurl]

This situation is turning out to be one hell of a surprise Rorschach test for everyone paying attention.

He couldn’t have survived his entire working history at the CIA, NSA and contractors if he didn’t have his employers’ trust.

He did talk some $hit about the CIA.. probably a bad idea.

[RavenATB]

Here's the thing to remember. This “leaker” was a CIA employee before he moved to “Booze Allen.” So it's logical to conclude that if he had a TS/SBI background investigation it happened while he was at CIA, and his clearance was still valid when he became a contractor. So I suspect (although I'm not sure, to be fair) that this guy's integrity and trustworthiness was established by his tenure in the “agency,” and Booze Allen...as would any contractor...accepted a current clearance as legitimate.

I understand that B/A is embarrassed. But I'm not sure why anyone would think that they somehow screwed up by hiring this guy.

[Katya]

This is very accurate... an old friend of mine retired from them for ten years, was lured back post Obama election 08 with monetary carrots.