McCarthy in Denial -- DNC May Set Up McCarthy Legal Defense Fund

The American Spectator ^ | April 26, 2006 | The Prowler

[Sam Hill]

McCarthy in Denial

By The Prowler
4/26/2006 12:08:54 AM

Outed CIA analyst Mary McCarthy is denying through her lawyers that she was the source for the Washington Post's Dana Priest in revealing the secret prisons that housed terrorists overseas. McCarthy's lawyers, though, aren't throwing cold water on the notion that McCarthy may have had political inclinations and agendas that came into play with what even they termed unauthorized or undisclosed contacts with journalists.

Perhaps that's why the Howard Dean and others at the Democrat National Committee are looking to some of their donors to set up a legal defense fund for McCarthy.

"If Scooter Libby can have a legal defense fund and website, then McCarthy should have one too," says a DNC staffer. "The DNC wouldn't set it up, we'd have some of our donors do it on the outside. There are plenty of consultants willing to help on this one, we think." ...

[rhombus]

Just heard the CIA may not prosecute because they don't want to discuss what was leaked in open court. :-(

[Fruit of the Spirit]

"McCarthy's lawyers..." doesn't name them. Could they be the same lawyers that are defending the other traitors, the Clintons?

[Publius6961]

Just heard the CIA may not prosecute because they don't want to discuss what was leaked in open court. :-(

Anyone who advances this argument doesn't have the brainpower to work in intelligence, and should be fired immediately.

By definition, the traitor has already leaked all of it to God knows who, so it's a moot --- and very dumb --- point.

D'OH!

[rhombus]

Isn't this a similar problem as with Padilla?

[subterfuge]

Curious, WHY are the Democrats all rushing to Mary's defense?

She knows where the bodies are buried.

[eureka!]

Re#34 I wouldn't take that bet. Heck, Joe Wilson was on staff. Thank heavens they didn't win...

[EQAndyBuzz]

Democrats = Culture of Treason.

Pass it on.

[fhlh]

hehe... type "culture of treason" in your favorite search engine...

[Sam Hill]

Larry Johnson always goes out of his way to claim he is a registered Republican and that he has contributed heavily to the GOP in the past.

Oddly enough, the FEC has no records of any contributions from him to the GOP. They do, however list these:

JOHNSON, LARRY
BETHESDA, MD 20817

DEAN, HOWARD
VIA DEAN FOR AMERICA
12/27/2003 311.00 24990407496

JOHNSON, LARRY C
BETHESDA, MD 20817
BERG AND ASSOCIATES/MANAGING MEMB

MARCINKOWSKI, JAMES
VIA MARCINKOWSKI FOR CONGRESS
12/19/2005 2000.00 26980097211

The second one is definitely from our boy, Larry. It is for a Democrat who trained with Johnson and Plame at the CIA.

And he is almost as rabid as Larry about the (non-leak) leak of her (non-covert) desk jockey job at CIA.

Marcinkowski for Congress
http://www.marcinkowskiforcongress.com/index.asp

To be fair, the Dean contribution could be from some other Larry Johnson in that zip code. But what are the odds?

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

That just needs to be said a little LOUDER:





This supposedly non-partisan professional (HA HA) is instantly embraced by the DNC......... how revealing is THAT?

[nopardons]

Thanks for the ping.

[nopardons]

bttt

[nopardons]

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[cgbg]

Just exchanged email with a liberal friend who defended her with the usual "speaking truth to power" arguments. He was glad she "spoke out" about torture in secret prisons. Because I objected to her law-breaking, I was, ergo in favor of torture. And that THIS administration needs to learn how to deal with dissent. I feel like I was tortured

Ask your friend if it makes sense to amend the CIA employment contract to include the following:

"You may leak confidential matters if you are opposed to government policy, if you feel honor-bound to do so, or if you have a grudge against management."

Then ask them if our allies would want to share any of their secrets with an agency that had such an employment agreement.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"Should traitors live long enough to have book deals?"


GREAT TAGLINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onyx]

NO BOOK DEALS - OR PROFITEERING.

[PGalt]

Great post; thanks for the link; thanks to all contributors, posters and lurkers.

[nutmeg]

ping!

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[eureka!]

Re#57 'tis nothing. It's what makes this place so great...

[Stentor]

Former colleagues described her as cautious and respected. "I thought she was a competent, quiet, good intelligence officer," said Richard J. Kerr, a former deputy CIA director who worked with McCarthy. "She was certainly someone you had respect for and saw not as an ideologue or someone who would end up putting herself in this position."

He retired in 1992. I appreciate his memories of those days in the distant past. I also wonder about the context of the question and answer.