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."
Of all the things you say, he takes issue with THAT? ;)
Now if he had just stolen the classifed material (Berger) he wouldn't be in so much trouble.
So, is it being hypocritical to support leaks to Bill Gertz (which arguably work to bolster the national security) while disparaging those to the NY Times and Washington Post (which typically work to damage national security)?
Not if your objective is improving national security rather than merely encouraging across-the-board government secrecy...
Sounds like they set the agent up....risky....but sometimes you have to play their game.
Associated Press
Update 1: CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak
By KATHERINE SHRADER , 04.21.2006, 03:25 PM
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/04/21/ap2687916.html
I agree to an extent....but, Porter Goss hasn't been there that long (and yes, not getting rid of Tenet sooner WAS a mistake)...
AND, I am sure that firing and HOPEFULLY prosecuting a CIA officer is such a HARD thing for them to do...they made sure they had all of the evidence done legally....
Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
CNN IS BROADCASTING STORY NOW .. WILL THEY MENTION DANA PRIEST?? Leak to WashPost .. officer only admitted to leaking after failing polygraph .. no mention of Priest .. waiting .. waiting. "No federal charges are imminent at this point."
Oh my, could this have been a sting operation?
And there was NO mention of the Priest factor.
Maybe they are setting it up as the #1 topic on Sunday Talk shows!!
Thanks for the report. My son has boxing on the t.v.
Well, good news needs to be spread :))
terminated ... with extreme prejudice, one hopes.
about time !
They'll make a deal with him...and I'm guessing that's why there are more investigations going on. But we're creatures of habit and any change in an agent's behavior will stick out. There's more to come!!
When the sarcasm is so obvious and provided by an arch-neo-evil-racist-homophobe-kid hatin'-greedy conservative such as myself, is the tag absolutely necessary?
Fox News
CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Info to Media
Friday, April 21, 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192640,00.html
Excellent!! GET these traitors!
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