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CIA Fires Officer For Leaking Classified Information to Media
Fox News ^ | April 21, 2006

Posted on 04/21/2006 12:01:43 PM PDT by Howlin

Edited on 04/21/2006 12:47:23 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Just breaking on Fox...

No details, but the agent was caught dead to rights leaking....

Update: CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Info to Media

WASHINGTON — A CIA officer has been relieved of his duty after being caught leaking classified information to the media.

CIA officials will not reveal the officer's name, assignment, or the information that was leaked. The firing is a highly unusual move, although there has been an ongoing investigation into leaks in the CIA.

One official called this a "damaging leak" that deals with operational information and said the fired officer "knowingly and willfully" leaked the information to the media and "was caught."

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To: gov_bean_ counter

They hate Bush....its that simple.


1,001 posted on 04/21/2006 6:58:49 PM PDT by Dog (Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.)
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To: Sea2ShiningSea; BigSkyFreeper
I hope it bodes well for Republicans all over this state.......but in particular for Ken Blackwell.

The Ohio Democratic Party has taken money from a traitor.

That won't go over well with the citizens of this great state.

1,002 posted on 04/21/2006 6:59:11 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: SisBoombah

All she had was a coffee cup she got at Panama City Beach, FL and a Gold C Coupon book she had to buy from the daughter of her secretary at the beginning of the school year. She probably carried those out herself.


1,003 posted on 04/21/2006 6:59:29 PM PDT by Crawdad (So the guy says to the doctor, "It hurts when I do this.")
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To: STARWISE

"I want to know the REASON for not arresting her on the spot .. and allowing her to be marched out .. free to leave .. any clues???"

It makes one wonder is she was "Frog marched" out of there?


1,004 posted on 04/21/2006 7:01:09 PM PDT by billhilly (The Democrat symbol is no longer the donkey, it's a strait Jacket.)
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To: Beagle8U; STARWISE; Mo1




CIA LEAKER FIRED
By Michelle Malkin · April 21, 2006 03:50 PM
Fox News has the story.

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Update: NBC identifies the leaker as Mary McCarthy...

In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News learned Friday.
The officer flunked a polygraph exam before being fired on Thursday and is now under investigation by the Justice Department, NBC has learned.

Intelligence sources tell NBC News the accused officer, Mary McCarthy, worked in the CIA's inspector general's office and had worked for the National Security Council under the Clinton and and George W. Bush administrations.

The leak pertained to stories on the CIA’s rumored secret prisons in Eastern Europe, sources told NBC. The information was allegedly provided to Dana Priest of the Washington Post, who wrote about CIA prisons in November and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for her reporting.

Sources said the CIA believes McCarthy had more than a dozen unauthorized contacts with Priest. Information about subjects other than the prisons may have been leaked as well.

The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the firing.


1,005 posted on 04/21/2006 7:01:29 PM PDT by onyx (Today is GOOD FRIDAY and MARY MC CHRISTMAS)
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To: musicman; Alamo-Girl
It's times like this we need a "Ping Alarm" on our computers...heck, on our cell phones. LOL!!
1,006 posted on 04/21/2006 7:01:44 PM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats!)
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To: SE Mom

I am TIVO-ing Greta.
Please tell me if she covers anything besides Duke and Aruba.


1,007 posted on 04/21/2006 7:03:22 PM PDT by onyx (Today is GOOD FRIDAY and MARY MC CHRISTMAS)
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To: hipaatwo; Howlin; onyx; All

Wasn't Rand Beers a former roommate of either John Kerry or his brother, Cameron???

If my memory is correct, he was likely a mole himself while serving in the Reagan and Bush 41 adiministrations.

I'm terrible at research, better at wispy memories and tenuous connections. :-)

You all have found a goldmine of info here.

BTW, if Mary is from northern Ohio, Michigan State is hardly a far away university for undergrad work. And McCarthy is a common name in that area. I went to high school with a few of them...

Pinz


1,008 posted on 04/21/2006 7:05:34 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Her son?

Pinz


1,009 posted on 04/21/2006 7:06:14 PM PDT by pinz-n-needlez
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To: onyx

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619296/posts

The Wayback Machine: BERGER APPOINTS MCCARTHY SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR INTELLIGENCE
USIS ^ | 6/17/98 | Press Release


Posted on 04/21/2006 10:02:23 PM EDT by ricks_place


Washington -- National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger announced June 16 the appointment of Mary O'Neil McCarthy as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs.


(Excerpt) Read more at fas.org ...


1,010 posted on 04/21/2006 7:06:38 PM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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To: All
Looks like the left has a new hero. I bet the DUmp loves her. Scumbags.
1,011 posted on 04/21/2006 7:06:54 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: All
Looks like the left has a new hero. I bet the DUmp loves her. Scumbags.
1,012 posted on 04/21/2006 7:06:56 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ohioWfan

I wonder what caught her fancy at the Ohio DNC that resulted in her cutting a 5K check?


1,013 posted on 04/21/2006 7:07:53 PM PDT by Shqipo (2006 is Bush Country!)
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To: onyx
Please see my post 998.

Is that right? Mary McCarthy and Joe Wilson served on the National Security Council at the same time...and both with Africa portfolios?!

1,014 posted on 04/21/2006 7:08:20 PM PDT by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats!)
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To: pinz-n-needlez


I don't recall any mention of Beers in the role of roommate, but heck, I didn't pay close attention to Kerry's campaign workers.


1,015 posted on 04/21/2006 7:09:59 PM PDT by onyx (Today is GOOD FRIDAY and MARY MC CHRISTMAS)
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To: onyx; Howlin
Sources said the CIA believes McCarthy had more than a dozen unauthorized contacts with Priest. Information about subjects other than the prisons may have been leaked as well.

Pass the popcorn

Cause it sounds like they've got a bunch of stuff on Mary

1,016 posted on 04/21/2006 7:10:15 PM PDT by Mo1 ("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
A casual Google search

Washington Post: CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons - Dana Priest - Wednesday, November 2, 2005

The above story is the genesis of the left-winged myth of alleged "secret prisons", namely in Eastern Europe, and Afghanistan.

1,017 posted on 04/21/2006 7:11:12 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: Mo1

Pass the tums,




If you work at the Washington Post.


1,018 posted on 04/21/2006 7:11:51 PM PDT by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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To: Mo1


GOOD you linked that here!
Thanks.


1,019 posted on 04/21/2006 7:12:17 PM PDT by onyx (Today is GOOD FRIDAY and MARY MC CHRISTMAS)
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To: Mo1

Isn't it against the law for Priest to get classified stuff?


1,020 posted on 04/21/2006 7:12:50 PM PDT by Howlin
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