CIA Leak, Mary McCarthy Link Roundup

Gardening is good to take my mind off this for a time.

Me & my old dog are going around the porch this morning, nailing down planks the weather loosened this winter.

It's good to get down, hammer and sweat, and feel the Sun and wind. Sometimes, if we sit still, the wild birds will draw near and fix us with that one-eyed bird gaze, "Hmmm, the Terrible Two Leg and Wolf!"

LOL, my creatures are not in the least afraid of me, from the moles to the deer they come and go on their own terms.

HOLY @#*&...that's an amazing thing to read with my first cuppa!

Our Rotten IntelligenCIA (On the Media's Double Leak Standard and CIA Undermining of Bush)--When the impeachment process of our President begins in a few months, many will be far more than sick to their stomachs, they will be eating them. Keep your powder dry....you might actually need it.

Flowchart For McCarthy-Priest-Goodfellow-Et Alia

Flowchart For McCarthy-Priest-Goodfellow Et Alia

A flowchart, based on what we know to date, courtesy of FrontPage Magazine’s Jennifer Verner:

DNC May Set Up McCarthy Legal Defense Fund

CIA — Contempt In Action?

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Some refresher threads on Larry Johnson:

CIA 'Expert' Larry Johnson: "Plame Undercover For Three Decades"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451694/posts

Flashback: "Intelligence Analyst" Larry C. Johnson: "The Declining Terrorist Threat (July 10, 2001)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1447248/posts

'Terrorist Expert' Larry Johnson's Frontline Interview About Bin Ladin (2000)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451559/posts

Ex CIA Larry Johnson: Terrorism Isn't A Threat, But Big Tobacco Is!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1448666/posts

Larry Johnson, Daniel Ellsberg & The Truth Telling Project --Pleading For Intel Leaks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1451334/posts

Larry Johnson's Group (VIPS) Called On CIA Employees To Leak Secrets To Hurt Bush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450548/posts

Is Ex-CIA Agent Larry C. Johnson Threatening A Freeper?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450846/posts?page=58

And, what the heck, Phillip Agee, too:

Former CIA Agent Phillip Agee On the Wilson Affair (The Traitor And Murderer Opines)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442831/posts

35 posted on 04/26/2006 4:07:03 PM EDT by Sam Hill

So why this circus?Sources: Rove meets with attorneys regarding CIA leak investigation

Great post, man.

Bump!

I appreciate your looking.

Murray Waas Supports Mac Ranger (Leak-gate)

Thank you so much for finding that summary. Now I have a good idea of what's going on!

Murray Waas, of all people. What a hypocritical Clymer. As you most likely already know, he himself was the recipient of a 20,000-page CIA "document dump"in 1998 -- a leak from someone inside the CIA who thought Clinton's foreign intelligence policy was dangerous to the country and should be exposed.

Murray, while you're ranting and raving about how McCarthy's "legitimate and even inadvertent contacts with journalists" (yes, he actually said that), why don't we revisit your own CIA leaker?

"Waas" up?! Where are those 20,000 CIA documents? ^

Posted by Nita Nupress
On News/Activism ^ 08/22/2005 5:47:05 AM CDT · 60 replies · 3,545+ views

The Black Hole of Cyberspace | TUE NOV 24 1998 | Matt Drudge
DRUDGE REPORTTUE NOV 24 1998 23:52:09 UTC WHITE HOUSE PANIC; MASSIVE LEAK OF NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS **World Exclusive* WASHINGTON -- The Clinton administration is facing the most massive leak of classified foreign policy documents since the publication of the Pentagon papers more than two decades ago during the Vietnam war, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. "The impeachment proceedings are going to have seemed like a picnic, before we get though with this," said one White House official. The papers, totaling more than 20,000 pages, according to sources who have read them, include 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. They describe in great detail the intelligence and policy failures that led to the detonations of nuclear weapons by India and Pakistan this year.

Most embarrassing, the papers 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.

The papers also reveal 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.

News of the massive leak of classified foreign policy documents caught senior White House officials by surprise on the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend... MORE

Two Washington newspaper editors have reviewed the papers, which have been obtained by left-wing reporter Murray Waas.

Waas has been holding the documents close, according to one media insider. Some in Washington speculate that Waas does not want to write a major expose about the Clinton administration in the midst of the impeachment hearings, fueling the flames for conservatives.

The new leaks appear to be indicative of deep dissatisfaction within the foreign policy establishment regarding Clinton policies.

There have been other unprecedented leaks as well: most notably, a James Risen story in the NEW YORK TIMES earlier this week about the disregarding of a CIA assessment of Russian corruption by Vice President Al Gore. Some see an organized attempt by dissidents to discredit the Clinton foreign policy.

Ironically, the Clinton White House might have a hard time attacking one of their favorite reporters: During the 1992 presidential campaign, both Clinton and Gore often praised Waas exclusives exposing the Bush administration's Iraq policy, which involved the leaks of thousands of pages of classified papers regarding the Gulf war. "

Murray, you were all over the Valerie Plame leak. Now you're all over the Mary McCarthy leak case. How quaint.

Where were your public calls for 'justice-for-leakers' back in 1998 when someone in the CIA gave you an early Christmas present? After all, your own CIA leaker was obviously someone who was against your boy Clinton (and obviously didn't realize you were a Clinton sycophant). Why didn't you persue that case? And where is your own CIA leaker now? What ever happened to him or her?

Didn't you think your leaker should have been held accountable? Since you defended Clinton throughout his eight long years of criminal activity, it seems like you would have loved to see your CIA leaker go down for leaking incriminating evidence. No? At the very least, shouldn't your CIA leaker have lost his or her big, fat CIA pension? Where were your calls for legal prosecution?

More importantly, Murray, where are those 20,000 CIA documents now?

"Most embarrassing, the papers 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."

WOW...thanks for posting that....I was still "apolitical" back then..and didn't know about this.

"pursue"

I REALLY need to start using that spell-checker.

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013894.php

Four years of the condor

A.J. Strata notes the sudden ubiquity of former CIA agents seeking to take out the Bush administration: "More rogue CIA agents in the media." A.J. writes:

If I was the paranoid kind, I would think ex-CIA agents and NSC members are trying to instigate a bloodless coup d’etat. I am not there yet. But with McCarthy’s firing as the first publicized peron caught (or should we say confessing) to discussing classified matters with reporters without authorization (is that accurately worded so McCarthy lawyer Cobb can’t pull a clinton-esque spin job?) it is interesting to see who is coming out and about in the media...

John and I have been writing on matters related to A.J.'s post for a while. I devoted a Standard column to the subject in "Three years of the Condor." John took it up in his Standard column "Leaking at all costs."

UPDATE: A.J. backpedals a bit in a major update/addendum that now leads the post.

Media Whines "No Fair" to Leak Investigations

Well, well, well...you just never know, do you?

Thanks for the ping.

The Wilson, Rockefeller, & McCarthy Ties--Very interesting stuff going on in the Mary McCarthy files. It appears many of us missed a few important connections: One aspect of her background so far comparatively unexamined is her West African uranium connection. She served in a key government position concerned with West African nations producing yellowcake uranium at the same time that Joseph Wilson was working in the area. During his time in Gabon, Wilson must have been deeply knowledgeable about uranium production and trade there, and must have been familiar with officials of the French energy giant COGEMA, now consolidated into the French Areva Group, a firm closely involved with the French government which appoints members of its board. Joe Wilson has his own French connection. Speaking of dealing in commodities, this whole affair brings us back to square one and Mary McCarthy. One of her previous employerswas Beri, SA. Possibly by coincidence Beri provides a Mineral Extraction Risk Assessment service...Could the Wilson-McCarthy-Africa connection may indicate another instance of US intelligence and Foreign Service personnel taking advantage of regulatory loopholes and lax security in third world countries for personal gain? Macranger, the former intelligence official, believes he knows what is coming next: In the coming days you will see why Senator Rockefeller HAD to make such an emergency visit to Syria in 2002. For a little tip, read here.

Plumbing the depths of Anthony Lake's dubious past;

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/1997/vo13no02/vo13no02_lake.htm
Nixon Believed that there were three suspects in Leaking the Pentagon Papers (from on of his famous tapes) Leslie Gelb, Morton Halperin and Anthony Lake.

http://www.newamericanstrategies.org/

All of the connections are here.

54 posted on 04/27/2006 2:38:06 AM EDT by bessay

http://www.instapundit.com/

--The story now has everyone's attention due to the Mary O. McCarthy story. It blasted out the headline: CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons!-- DAN RIEHL says that Dana Priest was channeling 2002 in 2005. As I said in an earlier post on the issue: let's go back to the start. Also keep in mind that many countries and the EU have investigated this and claim there were no such international facilities. Whether that is true or not is debatable. But the WaPo entirely ignored, not only their own 2002 story but any subsequent criticism and denial, as well. The Thai PM also called for a retraction in late 2005, which went largely unnoticed by the MSM in the US. And just as a matter of curiosity, why is it that the above article is no longer available at the Washington Post on line? Archiving, most likely. At least I hope so. Fortunately, a web site archived the article, as did others -

Was That 2005 Dana Priest Story A Fraud? from Hyscience
Could it be that we've all been had by the WaPo?

Dana Priest, Mary McCarthy: Delibertate Effort To from Sigmund, Carl, And Alfred

Mapping McCarthy, continued from protein wisdom
Even as National Democrats are making noises about instituting impeachment proceedings against President Bush (and perhaps even VP Cheney), and more former intel personnel spin their CYA stories for a (thus far) compliant and helpful media (on &quot... [Read More]

The McCarthy Story Grows from Small Town Veteran
Curt at Flopping Aces continues to stay right on top of the McCarthy leak story. Read his latest update here. *** Don't miss Allahpundit's post here or Dan Riehl's here. [Read More]

Dana Priest Responds to Criticism of Secret Prisons Story

The Yellowcake Connection

The further you look, the worse it gets.

Ain't it the truth.

Last night, after watching Brit & the Panel, I clicked to 'Hardbowel' to see things 'as they really aren't'. 'Spits' Matthews had an 'update' on the CIA Leak Story!

No... it wasn't about Mary McCarthy... it was more of the same hypothicizing on whether or not Karl Rove was to be indicted.

The bullsh_t never stops... it's a daily cycle. Network DNC/hacks respinning the spin in the evening... that was spinned by the print DNC/hacks in the morning.

Last night, after watching Brit & the Panel, I clicked to 'Hardbowel' to see things 'as they really aren't'. 'Spits' Matthews had an 'update' on the CIA Leak Story! No... it wasn't about Mary McCarthy... it was more of the same hypothicizing on whether or not Karl Rove was to be indicted. The bullsh_t never stops... it's a daily cycle. Network DNC/hacks respinning the spin in the evening... that was spinned by the print DNC/hacks in the morning.

The astonishingly low quality of reportage by the Drive-By Media continues to amaze, and depress me.

Journalism, particularly the television variety, has become a bizzare amalgam of Max Headroom and Mad Max...
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they are never at a loss for words, but their words hardly ever mean anything useful or informative.

It's all memes, talking points and chatter used to fit a template.

Mr Dana Priest-Goodfellow’s Political Connections