Famous left-wing author. Died 1989.
Posted on 04/21/2006 4:33:43 PM PDT by dennisw
WASHINGTON - In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News learned Friday.
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 sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the firing.
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Famous left-wing author. Died 1989.
Was she really?
Notice the context of the article.
I betcha' something the FBI is already on to "flavius".
Thanks.. didn't know that one.
Huffington's stable of contributors seem hell bent for election to keep citing "Mary McCarthy".
I know I've only got two of these instances, but this is absolutely incredible. A bunch of these leftwingnuts sure seem to have "Mary McCarthy" on their minds, eh?!
And that's when they start talking about Joe Wilson.
I kind of wonder if they'll pick up Libby's prosecutor in this.
Why in the world would you make such a comment? Explain, please.
"Mary McCarthy was a famous far leftwing journalist in the DC area who passed on to her reward in 2004."
Not Mary McGrory?
LOL, and yeah you have and previous posts have some good points. Then again that's why I come here. When ya really want the backend story and a fig of alot of research.
I'm just predicting the headlines from:
Washingtonpost
NY Times
LA Times
Globe and Mail
Boston Globe
Not
Washington Times
Fox News
Wanna bet
This was in a time when there actually was an anti-communist left. Those days are passed.
No...from here on in she is not the "leaker" she is the "whistleblower."
The woman is a traitorous pig.
She needs to kiss her ass goodbye.
Took the words right outa my mouth
Please answer the question. I still don't understand how this can "blow up in a bad way for the right".
Rove and Libby didn't discuss anything that was actually classified. The CIA prisons were classified, therefore leaking that information is a firing offense. Big difference between their behavior.
Our Justice Department has been particularly weak as of late.
Twenty years in Leavenworth for the witch! That should slow the leaks by clintinoid CIA people.
Homophobe...
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