More on Mary McCarthy's outfit, the Inspector General's office at CIA.
The most recent CIA IG John Helgerson found out as early as late 2004 that his office leaked like a sieve. He personally was in charge of a report that evaluated the CIA and why it had failed to block 9/11. It was sent to the White House in June 2004. Thereaftger, the fact that the report had been prepared, and some of its major elements, (all of which were highly classified) were leaked to the New York Times, which published articles in October 2004. The Helgerson report was highly critical of Tenet and Cofer Black (now at the State Department), among others. The Democrats fought to block the release of this document, and to my knowledge it has never been released in full. As for Halvorson, he seems to be an ally of Porter Goss, and won his CIA spurs during the first Bush administration. Importantly, his career has little to do with the Middle East.