CIA Leaker Fired

JP5 · #1 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 02:09 PM

Acting on his promise from months ago....Porter Goss has fired a CIA employee who admitted (after investigation) to being the one who leaked Classified CIA information about "secret" detainee prisons.

Dozens MORE CIA internal LEAK nvestigations are on-going at the present time as well. It's about time.

"The officer admitted to "unauthorized discussions with the media in which the officer knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence including operational information," said spokeswoman Michelle Neff.

Neff declined to divulge the officer's name or position, or what specifically was leaked."

"As for the CIA's investigation, "This is just the beginning," said Neff."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/21/cia...nn_allpolitics

LightOfReason · #2 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 02:41 PM

Now JP5 can arrest us all and torture us in Eastern Europe without contest.

Oh joy.

Dustworthy · #3 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 03:29 PM

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Now JP5 can arrest us all and torture us in Eastern Europe without contest.

Oh joy.

Is your user name meant to be ironic?

DuH2 · #4 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 04:26 PM

I don't think firing is the right punishment for that.

People who blab their mouths in those positions especially during war time must be made examples of. Depending on the seriousness of the stuff blabbed about they should face significant jail time or death.

SenaxFlatulus · #5 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 06:51 PM

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NBC: CIA officer fired after admitting leak
Officer allegedly failed polygraph, admitted giving reporter information
By Robert Windrem and Andrea Mitchell
NBC News
Updated: 7:41 p.m. ET April 21, 2006

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.

CIA spokeswoman Jennifer Millerwise confirmed the dismissal. Millerwise said she was unsure whether there had ever been a firing before at the agency for leaking to the media.

Citing the Privacy Act, the CIA would not provide any details about the officer’s identity or assignments.

All CIA employees are required to sign a secrecy agreement upon being hired stating they are prohibited from discussing classified information with anyone not cleared to receive the material.

Before going public with her name, NBC News reached McCarthy's husband, Michael. He said he could not confirm that his wife had been fired from her career post. He declined further comment.

Priest said she could not comment on the firing, which she said she learned about from NBC News.

The Washington Post report caused an international uproar, and government officials have said it did significant damage to relationships between the U.S. and allied intelligence agencies.

CIA Director Porter Goss told the Senate in February that leaks to the media had damaged national security. Subsequently, Goss ordered an internal investigation on leaks involving classified security data.

The probe led to the fired CIA officer, sources told NBC.

This leak is not linked to the recent scandal in the CIA involving undercover agent Valerie Plame’s identity’s being revealed, NBC reported.

Separately, the Justice Department is investigating New York Times stories about the National Security Agency’s domestic warrantless eavesdropping. Times reporters James Risen and Eric Lichtblau won a Pulitzer on Monday for their reporting on the issue.

The NSA and other agencies had requested the probe, sources told NBC.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

© 2006 MSNBC.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12423825

JP5 · #6 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DuH2";p=&quot

I don't think firing is the right punishment for that.

People who blab their mouths in those positions especially during war time must be made examples of. Depending on the seriousness of the stuff blabbed about they should face significant jail time or death.

Yep, I think she needs some jail time as well. I don't know if charges are being filed. But I hope so.

Oh, BTW, the press found out her name. "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 George W. Bush administrations."

http://newsbusters.org/node/5023

JP5 · #7 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 07:09 PM

I've noticed something. Look through all the headlines on this. You'll notice that almost all of the liberal media is using the word "allegedly" leaked in their headlines. I mean....the woman flunked a polygraph and has since admitted she leaked the information. What else do they WANT before they stop using the word..."allegedly leaked?"

BTW, I can't remember ANY liberal media headlines that used the word "allegedly" when they ran the front page headlines on Tom Delay. Can you?

If that don't tell ya somehing....I don't know what else will.

noetsi · #8 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 08:22 PM

For political gain. Others are not.

SenaxFlatulus · #9 (**permalink**) 04-21-2006, 08:23 PM

I'm not sure, but until the perp is proven guilty, the media is pretty keen on keeping things legal. They use "alleged" in almost every situation I know of, even in the Zacharius Mousaui case. Something tells me they did so with DeLay too.

I apologize for posting this thread when I noticed it was also in Current Events. It's not my goal to steal anyone's thunder.

Here's the link from your thread JP:http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/21/cia...nn_allpolitics

Maybe readers would like to compare the two articles to get more detail.