CIA Leak, Mary McCarthy Link Roundup

various FR links & quotes | 04-23-06 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[backhoe]

The original mega-thread:

CIA Fires Officer For Leaking Classified Information to Media

I think this is as big as rathergate.   Dana Priest's Pulitzer has just turned to dust. Not only that,  the Pulitzer's are finally dust themselves...it is up to us and others to find out, because  the Drive-By Media will ignore the story.

Let's Play Connect the Dots

Let’s connect some dots in the Mary McCarthy CIA leak tale, shall we? (Hat tip: WordWarp).

Mary McCarthy leaks the secret CIA prisons story to Dana Priest, in what may have been a sting operation.

Mary McCarthy and Joe Wilson served at the NSC together at the same time, both with African portfolios.

Does Dana Priest’s Husband Get Joe Wilson Media Gigs?

Did Mary McCarthy Send Joe Wilson To Niger?

 Let's not forget that Mary McCarthy was appointed by ol' docs-in-socks himself, Sandy Berger.

In From the Cold Scroll down and read how high Mary McCarthy really *was*

I found an old site in which a Charles Allen spoke at Harvard all about Open Source intelligence and in it he mentioned Mary McCarthy and her views that were similar to his here.

Just go to this site. It's bigger than you think.

 Read this.

Michelle Malkin has a little piece on this on her blog but also she links to this piece from NRO with has more information on 'who is Mary McCarthy?' and her connections to Sandy "Sox" Berger.

http://levin.nationa...

Here's the piece from Michelle Malkin's blog which also speculates on whether or not Mary McCarthy was the one who got Joe Wilson the Niger trip:

http://michellemalki...

Look what I found on the web while surfing through links provided to other links: A PR announcement that Sandy Berger appointed Mary McCarthy:

http://www.fas.org/i...

05:55 PM PDT | link: 180 comments

#77

realwest  4/22/2006 07:14PM PDT

 

So lemme see if I have this straight so far:
We have Mary Mcarthy who was appointed by Clinton
We have Sandy Berger who was appointed by Clinton
We have the real Joe Wilson, who was appointed to some African nation and then Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council by Clinton
We have Valerie Plame Joe Wilson's wife, who joined the CIA while Clinton was president
and we have Dana Priestly who got her information from the aforesaid Mary Mcarthy,
and we have William Goodfellow, husband of Dana Priestly who gets Joe Wilson speaking engagements.
Tom Clancy eat your heart out.

 

 

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013834.php

Selective Leaking

Tom Joscelyn brilliantly lays out a prior instance in which CIA agent Mary McCarthy, the leaker just fired from the CIA, entered the public record: her involvement in the bombing of al-Shifa, one of the targets in Sudan that the Clinton adminstration attacked in 1998.

http://www.instapundit.com/

TOM MAGUIRE: "The NY Times seems to think the political contributions of the sacked CIA officer are significant, but their investigative skills are apparently a bit rusty, since they are about $7,500 light in their reporting."

UPDATE: Lots of bloggers are jumping on this story: More here, here, and a big roundup here.

I'm pretty sure I know what the talk-radio folks will be talking about next week.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Still more here.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005048.htm

MARY MCCARTHY AND JOE WILSON?

By Michelle Malkin   ·   April 22, 2006 01:19 PM

Ace of Spades asks:

Did Mary McCarthy Approve Joe Wilson's Trip to Niger?

Curt at Flopping Aces points to a F/R commenter, Timeout, noting some interesting portfolio overlap:

Mark Levin weighs in.

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Previous:

CIA leaker fired

A Pulitzer for a False Story

Washington Post journalist Dana Priest won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the “CIA secret prisons” story; in this interview the “prisons” are described as “gulags” and Priest seems to have no problem with it: Dana Priest on secret gulags, CIA and war. (Hat tip: Doss.)

Now that an EU investigation has found no evidence of illegal CIA action, will her Pulitzer be revoked—since the story for which it was awarded was false?

Don’t hold your breath.

But this time the McCarthy is waving a list of known... patriots.

link: 107 comments

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619050/posts?page=1815#1815...re: Wm. Goodfellow's CIP, VERY deeply involved in far-left anti_Iraq War activism:

 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14893

Dana Priest’s Husband Gets Joe Wilson Media Gigs--Pulitzer Prize winning Dana Priest is married to William Goodfellow. William Goodfellow is the Executive Director of the the Center for International Policy (CIP).

Schieffer Denounces “Dubious First” Firing of (CIA) Leaker (Mary McCarthy's picture)

'Post' Editor Hits 'Criminalization' of Leaks to Media Len Downie

Mary McCarthy Replaced Rand Beers, The Kerry Advisor (The Big Lib Conspiracy)

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2006/04/leaks_and_the_l.html

Leaks and the Leakers that Leak them

CIA FIRES OFFICER  MARY McCARTHY OVER ALLEGED LEAK

This is an egregious crime. It was operational, not just classified info. She put lives in danger, c**t. She disclosed top secret information. Jail time is too kind. Think about it.

Piece of advise for the Bushies...............FIRE ANY ONE THAT WORKED UNDER THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, I mean really.

Strata-sphere has the straight dope here, an incredible post actually.
The latest fired CIA employee is Mary McCarthy, (one of many to come, I understand, apparently the Department of Justice said they have DOZENS of leak investigations ongoing);

Until July 2001, she served as special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs on the National Security Council (NSC) Staff, under both Presidents Clinton and Bush. More here hat tip x-dhimmi

Over at Lucianne, THE SECRET WAR AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH

Excellent complete overview over at Flopping Aces here, and important read;

... Dana Priest, who also won the George Polk Award and a prize from the Overseas Press Club this week for her articles, declined to comment Friday.  She apparently came to the defense of Richard Clarke once. If she is one in the same, this person has betrayed a lot of people with her actions.  More here...and Flopping Aces points out, lest we not forget what Porter Goss said;

Porter Goss told the Senate that these leaks had damaged our intelligence gathering capability and in so doing our national security:

  Clear And Present found this nugget:   Comments (2)

Wilsongate: Motive, Means, and Opportunity

From my files:

Wilson (as Ambassador to Gabon) had/has connections to the Gabon Chief of State, Omar Bongo, who was the chief African ally of the French oil company TotalFinaElf, a major beneficiary of the Oil-for-Food bribes. Prior to the Iraq War, they had a contract with Saddam's regime worth an estimated 12.5 to 27.0 billion barrels of oil reserves. Also he had connections via the Middle East Institute and Rock Creek, both of which are Saudi controlled.

Wilson's wife Jacqueline was also apparently a lobbyist for Bongo and it seems Wilson was pretty chummy with Saddam's weapons buyer, having dinner with him on the eve that Kuwait was invaded in 1990. She is now an advisor to Bongo, her picture from a 2005 conference can be found here That makes it very clear that there are connections to oil-for-food. No wonder Wilson can afford his lifestyle.

Source: Posts 21 and 22

The French Connection

What Wilson Didn’t Say About Africa

Cannistraro worked directly with Clarridge during Iran Contra

73 posted on 11/22/2005 11:27:52 AM EST by ravingnutter

I have posted all the links that my eyes would let me so we can have a running list. Please feel free to add any others that you come across in the comments section.
http://chickenhawkexpress.blogspot.com/2006/04/leakers-and-liars-massive-amount-of.html

Mary McCarthy Links:
Center for Law and Security
9/11 Commission Testimony
Intelligence officials warn of security risks
Free Republic -Fired CIA Leaker Gave To Kerry And The DNC
Captains Quarters Blog -A Sting Operation?
OSS CEO Praises Mary McCarthy, Calls for Censure of DNI & DCI
Strata-Sphere Blog - CIA Leaker Leaked Multiple Times
Free Republic - Schieffer Denounces “Dubious First” Firing of (CIA) Leaker (Mary McCarthy's picture)
Details, Details
The Firing of Mary McCarthy by Larry Johnson
RightWinged.com - CIA Officer Fired: Clinton's Senior Director Of Intel Programs, Kerry Supporter
Lawhawk blog -Cronyism at the CIA?
Global Security - Statement of Mary O. McCarthy before the National Commission Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Mary McCarthy - CSIS
CIA Organizational Chart
Knight Center for Specialized Journalism Seminar Fellowships -Seminar for Editorial Writers topic -Who is Winning the War on Terror?
Flopping Aces - The Democrat Mole in the CIA is Fired
NeverYetMelted Blog -Who is Mary O. McCarthy?
NYT - Colleagues Say C.I.A. Analyst Played by Rules
Mark Levin - Who is Mary McCarthy?
Ace of Spades HQ - Did Mary McCarthy Send Joe Wilson To Niger?

Dana Priest Info
Bio
Covert Intelligence
Ace of Spades HQ - Dana Priest - High Paid Stenographer
Whose Side Is the Post On? Or Better Yet, Whose Side is the CIA on
Powerline Blog - Dana Priest's Global Show N-Tell

William Goodfellow Info
Washington Peace Center Activist Guide
CIP
Latin America Working Group – William Goodfellow

MISC
Michigan News -Senators Rockefeller and Durbin May Take Polygraph Tests
John Gibson - The Secret War Against President Bush
Sweetness-Light - Only Leak to Help our Enemies
NeverYetMelted - VIPS - Politics, The Plame Game, War on Terror, CIA Leaks
The New American -Security Risk for CIA
Fox News - Ex CIA Accuse Bush of Manipulating Iraq Evidence
Free Republic - More Wilson Meltdown (Lying Larry Johnson from VIPS Sounds Worried)
All Things Beautiful Blog -Regaining Control of the White House Press Room
Multiple Articles
Insight on the News - The Smear Campaign; Left-wingers have poured money into Bush-hating "527" groups, which straddle a fine line in an all-out effort to defeat the president
Democracy Now - NYT Exposes Cheney's Role in CIA Leak: Cheney Identifies Wilson's Wife as CIA Operative

NIGERGATE: BUSH DIDN’T LIE TO THE AMERICANS REGARDING URANIUM FROM AFRICA

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Reference:

The Uranium Files- Iraq, Mr. Bush... and more-

Yes, Down My Pants. Oh, Like You Haven't? The Sordid Sandburglar Story

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The Secret War Against President Bush (John Gibson)

 

Who is Mary McCarthy? [The Great One, Mark Levin, weighs in...]--Well, as of this morning (Saturday) most of the drive-by media don't care. They're fixated with the weather and gas prices — and anything else that will divert the public's attention from the stunning revelation that a Sandy Berger crony has apparently been leaking top-secret information from her high post at the CIA.

The blogs are all over it. See Ace of Spades HQ and follow the links. The bloggers are reporting that the WaPo is carrying a story in Sunday's edition indicating that the investigation by the FBI is widespread, and that Rockefeller and Durbin and their staffs will be asked to take polygraphs, and that reporters who published the leaks may be subject to prosecution.

 

Rockefeller, Durbin To Take Polygraphs! [The REAL "Culture of Corruption"...!]

 

CIA officer fired after admitting leak, (Mary NcCarthy named in this article)

Related links:

CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: GOOD LEAKS OR BAD?
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/04/22/cia-vs-the-white-house-good-leaks-or-bad/

The Clinton CIA comes Back To Bite Us
http://www.penraker.com/archives/004002.html

 

Would you believe she was also on the NSC during the same period, and with the same portfolio (Africa), as... JOE F'N' WILSON?
http://www.floppingaces.net/ 

 

See Captain's Quarters here:

April 22, 2006
A Sting Operation?

 CIA Leaker Leaked Multiple Times

 hattips: AliVeritas , Ernest_at_the_Beach

Fired CIA Leaker Gave To Kerry And The DNC

 EU Says No Evidence Against CIA

 

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/003872.html

Mary McCarthy Identified As CIA Leaker

The identity of the CIA leaker fired for passing classified information to Washington Post writer Dana Priest has been revealed.

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 sleuthing has begun ;

The report of the 9/11 Commission notes that the National Security staff reviewed the intelligence in April 2000 and concluded that the CIA's assessment of its intelligence on bin Laden and al-Shifa had been valid; the memo to Clinton on this was cosigned by Richard Clarke and Mary McCarthy, the NSC senior director for intelligence programs, who opposed the bombing of al-Shifa in 1998

Ace has pulled up the campaign contributions. No surprises there.

Posted by Kate at 01:21 AM | Comments (3)  Here's a link to the campaign donations:  CIA leaker a big Democratic donor.

 

The Wayback Machine 6/17/98: BERGER APPOINTS MCCARTHY SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR INTELLIGENCE--

Total for this search: $7,900

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
MCCARTHY, MARY BETHESDA,MD 20817	US GOVERNMENT/ANALYST	10/29/2004	$500	DNC Services Corp
MCCARTHY, MARY BETHESDA,MD 20817	U.S. GOVERNMENT/CIVAL SERVANT	11/1/2002	$200	Andreasen, Steven Peter
MCCARTHY, MARY J BETHESDA,MD 20816	RETIRED/RETIRED	7/16/2002	$200	Morella, Connie
MCCARTHY, MARY O BETHESDA,MD 20817	CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONA	10/5/2004	$5,000	Democratic Party of Ohio
MCCARTHY, MARY O BETHESDA,MD 20817	U.S. GOVERNMENT/ANALYST	3/14/2004	$2,000	Kerry, John

Mary O. McCarthy - Visiting Fellow, International Security Program--CSIS pulled McClarty's "Expert" bio off their web site!! That was swift; CSIS must hit FR for their news! But I did find some cache.

http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2006/04/war-media-and-politics.html

War, media and politics

One of today's big news items is the dismissal of a person at Central Intelligence for leaking classified material to Washington Post Pulitzer Prize winner Dana Priest. Pajamas Media has a really big blog roundup. Some of the choice items.

Captain’s Quarters: Plugging the Leak says: In From the Cold comments:  Strata-sphere  Big Lizard: Story on the leaker leaked to the press -- That's how ingrained the practice is. You have to leak about the leak.  22 comments links to this post

Interesting to see who the CIA leaker is.

Related links:

CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: GOOD LEAKS OR BAD?
http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/04/22/cia-vs-the-white-house-good-leaks-or-bad/

The Clinton CIA comes Back To Bite Us
http://www.penraker.com/archives/004002.html

Would you believe she was also on the NSC during the same period, and with the same portfolio (Africa), as... JOE F'N' WILSON?
http://www.floppingaces.net/ 

See Captain's Quarters here:

April 22, 2006
A Sting Operation?

 CIA Leaker Leaked Multiple Times

 hattips: AliVeritas , Ernest_at_the_Beach

Fired CIA Leaker Gave To Kerry And The DNC

 EU Says No Evidence Against CIA

http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/003872.html

Mary McCarthy Identified As CIA Leaker

The identity of the CIA leaker fired for passing classified information to Washington Post writer Dana Priest has been revealed.

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 sleuthing has begun ;

The report of the 9/11 Commission notes that the National Security staff reviewed the intelligence in April 2000 and concluded that the CIA's assessment of its intelligence on bin Laden and al-Shifa had been valid; the memo to Clinton on this was cosigned by Richard Clarke and Mary McCarthy, the NSC senior director for intelligence programs, who opposed the bombing of al-Shifa in 1998

Ace has pulled up the campaign contributions. No surprises there.

Posted by Kate at 01:21 AM | Comments (3)  Here's a link to the campaign donations:  CIA leaker a big Democratic donor.

 

The Wayback Machine 6/17/98: BERGER APPOINTS MCCARTHY SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR INTELLIGENCE--

Total for this search: $7,900

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
MCCARTHY, MARY BETHESDA,MD 20817	US GOVERNMENT/ANALYST	10/29/2004	$500	DNC Services Corp
MCCARTHY, MARY BETHESDA,MD 20817	U.S. GOVERNMENT/CIVAL SERVANT	11/1/2002	$200	Andreasen, Steven Peter
MCCARTHY, MARY J BETHESDA,MD 20816	RETIRED/RETIRED	7/16/2002	$200	Morella, Connie
MCCARTHY, MARY O BETHESDA,MD 20817	CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONA	10/5/2004	$5,000	Democratic Party of Ohio
MCCARTHY, MARY O BETHESDA,MD 20817	U.S. GOVERNMENT/ANALYST	3/14/2004	$2,000	Kerry, John

Mary O. McCarthy - Visiting Fellow, International Security Program--CSIS pulled McClarty's "Expert" bio off their web site!! That was swift; CSIS must hit FR for their news! But I did find some cache.

http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2006/04/war-media-and-politics.html

War, media and politics

One of today's big news items is the dismissal of a person at Central Intelligence for leaking classified material to Washington Post Pulitzer Prize winner Dana Priest. Pajamas Media has a really big blog roundup. Some of the choice items.

Captain’s Quarters: Plugging the Leak says: In From the Cold comments:  Strata-sphere  Big Lizard: Story on the leaker leaked to the press -- That's how ingrained the practice is. You have to leak about the leak.  22 comments links to this post

Interesting to see who the CIA leaker is.

[Just mythoughts]

Awesome work. President Bush saying that Hillry was formidable has new meaning.

[Smokin' Joe]

I have said before that the nefarious deeds of the Clinton administration would haunt us for decades, and we are on our way.

Ironic, though, here is a 'McCarthy' the Right can justifiably deride for a long time to come...

[generationfixit]

I have seriously run the gamut. The more we learn, the more the names all coinside. From Dana Preist to this McCarthy person....it's such an incestuous bunch it's ....well....galling.

This is the blogospheres Watergate! But we don't need Deepthroat. They have no idea of the technology that is about to consume their stupid little ploy to ruin our country.

Amazing. I feel like we are in the final statges of putting together this great puzzle.

[Just mythoughts]

"I have seriously run the gamut. The more we learn, the more the names all coinside. From Dana Preist to this McCarthy person....it's such an incestuous bunch it's ....well....galling. ...."


I hear you. Right now everything the left is doing is about retaking the House of Representatives .... this is a war to them and seems we are at a draw like at the 38th parallel in the Korean War.

[Humidston]

FANTASTIC sleuthing, Backhoe! Definitely book marked!

*Tip of the hat to you!*

[generationfixit]

Oh I would not say a draw.

"Center for Strategic and International Studies"

All of the members of this organization INCLUDING Dana Priest's husband have just orchestrated the demise of the Democratic party. Do a google searchon this group and be careful you don't fill your pants.

I love it!!

[beyond the sea]

You make FR THE BEST!

Thank you.

[Just mythoughts]

Do not celebrate yet the snake still has its head called illegal invasion. This bunch does not put all its eggs in one basket.

[beyond the sea]

We were out of town most of Friday, had thunderstorms yesterday and my time on the computer was limited and now I feel like a kid who got pneumonia in the first semester and I'll never catch up. My grade is a D- and class barely started.

I contracted mononucleosis early in my first semester in college back in '64. I know what you mean. It was hard to ever catch up.

;-)

[Nita Nupress]

While everyone is doing all this wonderful investigating, can you keep this 1998 CIA "document dump" in mind? Who knows... it may tie in with something later. Murray Waas was later all over the Plame affair.

"Waas" up?! Where are those 20,000 CIA documents? (CLINTON WHITE HOUSE PANIC; MASSIVE LEAK OF NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS)

What kind of goodies do the documents reveal, you ask? (Yes, I can read your mind.) Here's just an example:

• appear to corroborate, according to sources who have read them, allegations by a former U.N. arms inspector that the Clinton administration concealed from Congress and the public details regarding Saddam Hussein's ambitious program to develop nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
  
  
• new details on the Clinton policy towards China in which the White House allowed ballistic missile technology exports to China at the behest of wealthy Democratic campaign contributors.
  
  
• a history of the secret negotiations between the U.S. and North Korea, describing the failed policy of trying to buy off North Korea to forego its nuclear weapons policy
  
  
• describe in great detail the intelligence and policy failures that led to the detonations of nuclear weapons by India and Pakistan

Incidentally, my (barely awake) calculations indicate it was 7 years and 5 months ago today that this news broke on Drudge. It then disappeared almost overnight.

Assuming Murray's bowel habits are regular, he's already flushed about 2,705 of those 1-ply sheets down the toilet.

[Nita Nupress]

Yes, Mr. Waas. The pajama people never sleep.

[nopardons]

YIKES!

[Watery Tart]

Pinging y'all to bookmark this. The backhoe has, once again, gone above and beyond!

[nopardons]

He sure has and in spades.

[DesScorp]

At the very least it's sabotage...the saboteurs were trying to undermine the policies of the duly elected President, and put thier own personal influence on policy. Thats insubordination at least, and treason at most.

[Nita Nupress]

Here's another thing to watch for. Remember the MD4BUSH affair? Well, it was discovered that maybe up to 4 or 5 people from the Washington Post may have been drive-by posters on that "O'Malley Rumours" thread, One of the drive-by posters (MrEd1964) eerily sounded like the executive editor. It was circumstantial evidence, but it sure does need to be pursued.

I won't clutter this thread with the evidence. Here's the link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1516499/posts?page=258#258

You all are doing wonderful work. It's killing me that I don't have time to read it now. (sigh)

[justa-hairyape]

I'm still trying to understand why she wasn't arrested, handcuffed on the spot and whisked off to jail, pending a trial for treason in time of war.

Maybe she has already cut some deal ? In the international scheme of things, reporters and political appointees can typically end up being cannon fodder for the various power interests.

[backhoe]

Nita, thanks for that link & synopsis... this?

You all are doing wonderful work. It's killing me that I don't have time to read it now. (sigh)

Appreciate the kind words-- I don't read this stuff, in depth, as much as I would like to-- hunting down and skimming links for quotes or more relevant links is about all I have time for-- but this may be the Administration's "October Surprise," come early.

It will be fascinating to watch all the twisting and spinning.

[backhoe]

Thank you, everyone-- I'll never catch up with the replies, so I won't even try.

Just stay tuned- I will update this as new links and stories appear, and it looks very promising.

[backhoe]

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013843.php

It's Hard to Keep Up...

...with the revelations coming out about Dana Priest, the Washington Post reporter who published the "secret prisons" story, and Mary McCarthy, the Democratic Party activist and now-fired CIA bureaucrat who leaked the story to Priest.

Sweetness & Light points out that Dana Priest is married to William Goodfellow, the Executive Director of the the Center for International Policy (CIP). At the top of its web site is CIP's mission statement: "Promoting a foreign policy based on cooperation, demilitarization and human rights." It appears that CIP's idea of "demilitarization and human rights" is best exemplified by Cuba.

Sweetness & Light goes on to hightlight connections among CIP, which operates The Iraq Policy Information Program, Joe Wilson, and Dana Priest. This is not just guilt by association: Priest herself participated in an anti-Iraq war program put on by her husband's group, CIP, along with Joe Wilson and other even more unsavory characters. (Via The Corner).

Then we have Ms. McCarthy, the CIA leaker, who turns out to be a substantial contributor to the Democratic Party. Andy McCarthy notes that the Washington Post has published a sympatetic portrait of McCarthy--who leaked, remember, to the Post, resulting in a story for which the Post won a Pulitzer Prize--which touts McCarthy as unbiased without ever mentioning that she was a Kerry supporter who has given up to $7,700 a year to Democratic candidates!

So we have a Democratic Party activist violating federal law by leaking classified information to an antiwar activist on the payroll of the Washington Post, which publishes the criminal leak and is awarded a prize by the left-wing Pulitzer committee.

Finally, several bloggers are speculating about the possibility that the whole "secret prisons" story might have been a sting operation by the CIA designed to catch a leaker. I don't think this can be true, based mosly on public statements that have been made by intelligence officials, but it is a curious fact that there doesn't seem to be any evidence for the existence of the secret prisons other than Dana Priest's story. Can it be that this is one secret the CIA has actually been able to keep, but for the leak?

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005051.htm

For all your latest Mary McCarthy updates, hit Flopping Aces, AJ Strata, The Belmont Club, Tom Maguire, Rick Moran, Thomas Joscelyn, Riehl World View, and Ace.

Ace points to an AP story on McCarthy getting fired...with a photograph of Lewis Libby:

 

Why Isn’t She in Cuffs?

 

MCCARTHY ON MCCARTHY: "Why isn't she in handcuffs?"

 

America's Red Army (Excellent list of organizations who will defend Mary McCarthy now)

 

Mary McCarthy and "Plastic Morality"

DOUBLE  AGENT  MARY  M^cCARTHY

DEMOCRATS  SELLING  OUT  AMERICA

 

Moves Signal Tighter Secrecy Within C.I.A.

 

Senators Rockefeller and Durbin May Take Polygraph Tests

 

The New McCarthyism