CIA Fires Officer For Leaking Classified Information to Media

Fox News ^ | April 21, 2006

[Howlin]

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."

Excerpt.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1619050/posts?page=295#295
The pubbies will have marital infildelities, NOT TREASON!

I believe that PD has substantiated my comment from #295. People have disappeared for much, much less. McCarthy has sung, and will sing. There will be offensive damage control tactics by those that stand to lose the most. At this juncture "those people" happen to be wealthy, politically connected Dems.

[Howlin]

Go for it!

[ordi]

SHe may have been singing for awhile. Who recalls this? ABC - EXCLUSIVE: Is CIA Leak Probe a 'Witch Hunt'? The director of the CIA has launched a major internal probe into media leaks about covert operations. In an agencywide e-mail, Porter Goss blamed "a very small number of people" for leaks about secret CIA operations that, in his words, "do damage to the credibility of the agency." According to people familiar with the Goss e-mail, sent in late January and classified secret, the CIA director warned that any CIA officer deemed suspect by the agency's Office of Security and its Counter Intelligence Center (which handles internal affairs) could be subjected to an unscheduled lie detector test. CIA personnel are subjected to polygraphs at regular intervals in their careers, but one former intelligence officer called the new warning a "witch hunt." Others said Goss' e-mail was narrowly focused and did not suggest agencywide, random lie detector tests.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I still can't process the "why?"

Leaking operational information gets people killed. What could be so important to these folks that they would possibly sacrifice the lives of people who have committed theirs to the defense of this country?

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

There will be offensive damage control tactics by those that stand to lose the most.

Which would be very much like trying to punch your way off the tar baby.

Assuming that this investigation has already moved on to others of her ilk.

Smart Democrats will be very quiet about this. We'll see how many of them are smart.

[The_Victor]

Great thread Howlin. Might be one for the ages. Right up there with C^BS memogate.

[onyx]

I think Mo1 has said it best.

Their hatred for our President trumps everything.

Democrats cannot be trusted with national security.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

I still can't process the "why?"

Desire to help the Cut-and-Run party regain political power leavened with a healthy dose of BDS.

[ordi]

Here is more from the ABC Article: The memo informs its recipients that the CIA has asked the Justice Department to prosecute any leakers within its ranks. This comes in connection with recent news reports that detailed the CIA's operation of secret prisons in Europe and its far-flung flights of suspected terrorists to foreign prisons. Crime reports from the CIA are sent to the FBI and the Department of Justice, and constitute a statement that the CIA believes a crime has been committed.

[Mo1]

Raw Story took their story down???

[SisBoombah]

Now this man/woman can join the anvil chorus of public anti-America and anti-Bush miscreants. What did Mr. Baldwin scream? "I want them dead, etc. ..."

[onyx]

Apparently, so.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

What could be so important to these folks that they would possibly sacrifice the lives of people who have committed theirs to the defense of this country?

$$$$ and power. That is what it all boils down to. Or maybe "just sex".

[roses of sharon]

The email was in Jan? What events precipitated Goss being so mad? What leaks were there?

I need to read up on ALL of Priest's articles.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Now this man/woman can join the anvil chorus of public anti-America and anti-Bush miscreants. What did Mr. Baldwin scream? "I want them dead, etc. ..."

Not if she has a good defense attorney.

[sissyjane]

So I guess Mr. Kerry will be thinking REAL hard all over again about running for Pres.

This buries him.

[musicman]

BIG BIG PING !!!

We need your help!! We are losing previously posted info that is disappearing off the net as I type this!!!

Thanks!!

[Crawdad]

"There will be offensive damage control tactics by those that stand to lose the most."

You mean like those numb-nutted generals that have been popping up all over the place?

[wolf24]

"There will be offensive damage control tactics by those that stand to lose the most."

Oh my, now the leftists/MSM/Dems will come after Republicans?! I've never heard of such a thing!

Sincerely,

George W. Bush, Tom Delay, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove........

[krunkygirl]

Excellent!

[Fresh Wind]

These are the people who think the members of our armed forces are nothing more than morons who can't get real jobs.

Always remember:

Bad news for America is good news for Democrats.

[pbear8]

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[wolf24]

"We are losing previously posted info that is disappearing off the net as I type this!!!"

What's disappearing?

[hipaatwo]

They just gave it a new link. I HATE that site..lefty..blech

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/MSNBC_CIA_officer_fired_over_classified_0421.html

[BigSkyFreeper]

Remember Folks, Senator Rockefeller's letter that he wrote to himself reagrding his disdain over the NSA Terrorist Surveillance and he said he locked it in his safe and no one including his family knew about it?

Talking Points Memo Document Collection: Letter from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) to Vice President Cheney regarding NSA domestic wiretapping, July 17th 2003.

FreeRepublic.com: In War, Politics End at Water's Edge: Jay's (Rockerfeller) memo is a disgrace.

FreeRepublic.com: How Senator Rockefeller Can be Held Responsible for His Role in “MemoGate”

[STARWISE]

It is unprecendented in the CIA .. veterans tell her they cannot recall another officer being fired. Confronted her yesterday, marched her out the door.

I want to know the REASON for not arresting her on the spot .. and allowing her to be marched out .. free to leave .. any clues???

[SE Mom]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101218_pf.html

Interesting- in the WaPo article above- it says she spoke with "other reporters" as well as Dana Priest.

Hhhmm.

[Howlin]

The sites remove stuff after a few weeks. When we go back to look for the cites, they're not there.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

I wonder if she talked to James Risen about the NSA wiretapping.

[Howlin]

*Be still my heart*


Come on, Mary..........give us a BUSLOAD of reporters.

[BigSkyFreeper]

They just gave it a new link. I HATE that site..lefty..blech

Yeah, I hate it too. They claim to be "fair and balanced" but they're as kooky as the entire left-winged moonbat movement.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

I want to know the REASON for not arresting her on the spot .. and allowing her to be marched out .. free to leave .. any clues???

Could it be that she is now a cooperating witness?

[wolf24]

Gotcha. Thanks. I wondered if something specific was just removed in the last few hours.

[blogblogginaway]

About halfway down (caps mine)............

"
After only one year on the job Wilson decided to retire and go into the private sector because "we wanted to have kids, and felt that it had become very difficult ot live off two government salaries." He set up a consultancy, J. C. Wilson headquarters of the Rock Creek Corporation AN INVESTMENT FIRM OF WHICH LITTLE IS KNOWN. Wilson'g right-wing critics have been quick to dondemn the affiliation as "musk," though Wilson does not work for Rock Creek and merely rents space and facilities there.

'I HAVE A NUMBER OF CLIENTS, AND BASICALLY WE HELP THEM WITH THEIR SORT OF INVESTMENTS IN COUNTRIES LIKE NIGER," explains Wilson. "Niger was of some interest because it has some gold deposits coming onstream. WE HAD SOME CLIENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN GOLD.... We were looking to set up a gond-mine company out of London."

http://www.jimgilliam.com/2004/01/vanity_fairs_profile_on_joseph_wilson_and_valerie_plame.php



I had this saved from looking into Wilson when the Plame thing broke. I never felt right about this as gold mines can produce uranium. fwiw

[Shqipo]

>>>I want to know the REASON for not arresting her on the spot .. and allowing her to be marched out .. free to leave .. any clues???<<<

--I hope another case of Arkancide doesn't rear its head or that she really does off herself.

[onyx]

You think so?

[Beagle8U]

"I want to know the REASON for not arresting her on the spot .. and allowing her to be marched out .. free to leave .. any clues???"

Perhaps she offered to spill her guts about everyone involved and work for the investigation?

I hope they grabbed every home computer in their house though.

[SisBoombah]

Your ARSE it is, madam or sir. You offer no proof. Using your logic, honor is due any anti-Bush (or anti-Republican) leaker, and screw the United States of America.

[onyx]

Actually, I am relieved they merely changed the link.

[billhilly]

"IF it comes out she's involved with Clintonistas, can we say bye bye Hillary?"

No.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Your ARSE it is, madam or sir. You offer no proof. Using your logic, honor is due any anti-Bush (or anti-Republican) leaker, and screw the United States of America.

Get your meter fixed, Sis.

Might be time to think about using the old /s, threeleftsmakearight.

[onyx]

So, I guess we can speculate that she blabbed to others too?

[freema]

If this wasn't so serious I'd be LMAO because her last name's McCarthy.

[onyx]

Smacks of some sort of a deal, doesn't it?

[Mariner]

One has to wonder why he wasn't charged with a CRIME!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Some more finds:

FreeRepublic.com: Senator Jay Rockefeller Gave Syria Advance Warning Of Iraq War Intentions! (FNS Transcript)

FreeRepublic.com: Roberts Rakes Rockefeller

[SisBoombah]

"...marched her out the door."
As in frog-marched? Who carried her box of stuff?

[Timeout]

I just noted that these people also have ties to Africa and European companies. God only knows how deep this goes----, but the question is, is it going to get dug up???

I was struck by the same thing: common Africa connections:

Mary McCarthy: ... began her government service as an analyst, then manager, in CIA's Directorate of Intelligence, holding positions in both African and Latin American analysis. [I think this was 1984 to 1991].
1991 to 2001: National Security Council

Joe Wilson: U.S. Ambassador to the [African ]Gabonese Republic 1992 to 1995...
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from June 1997 until July 1998

Am I reading this right?! They served on the NSC together with the same portfolio (Africa)?! And she was the CIA's Africa analyst at the time ole Joe was down there?!

[kcvl]

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.

[SE Mom]

Oh yeah...I'm thinking so.

Going to turn Greta on- maybe she'll have Bill Gertz - I haven't seen her show in months.