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NBC: CIA officer fired after admitting leak — Officer allegedly failed polygraph, admitted giving reporter information … MSNBC TV — WASHINGTON - In a rare occurrence, the CIA fired an officer who acknowledged giving classified information to a reporter, NBC News reported on Thursday.
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Fires Senior Officer Over Leaks — WASHINGTON, April 21 — The Central Intelligence Agency has dismissed a senior career officer for disclosing classified information to reporters, including material for Pulitzer Prize-winning articles in The Washington Post about the agency's secret overseas prisons …
Fox News:
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.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak — The CIA announced today that it has fired an employee for leaking classified information to the news media. — The termination of the unidentified officer was announced to CIA employees yesterday after an internal investigation of the leaks.
CBS News:
A Spy Speaks Out — (CBS) A CIA official who had a top role during the run-up to the Iraqi war charges the White House with ignoring intelligence that said there were no weapons of mass destruction or an active nuclear program in Iraq. — The former highest ranking CIA officer in Europe …
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Rice Allegedly Leaked Defense Info — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday.
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
NSA Leak Investigation Nabs First Criminal — *** Welcome Michelle Malkin readers! Make sure to check out the links coming in to the comments to see what other bloggers are saying on this matter. Update: Keep an eye on the comments for links coming in from readers and other blogs.
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Shiites Agree on Pick for Prime Minister — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 21 — Shiite leaders selected Jawad al-Maliki, a hard-line and outspoken Shiite leader, to replace the outgoing prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari. The move could resolve a two-month-long political deadlock …
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Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:Jawad who? — If you listened to what our top politicians …
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Michael J. Totten:
Back to Iraq Part VI - Smuggling My Way Out of Iraq — This is the sixth and final installment in a Back to Iraq series which is basically a single long essay. Don't miss Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, and Part Five. — ZAKHO, IRAQ - Getting into Iraq was easy.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
True Romance — Via Tristram Shandy I see that TIME's in-house faux liberal is at it again, this time giving Hugh Hewitt a private lap dance instead of dancing around the pole for everyone to see: … . And people wonder why liberals are popularly perceived as being cowards.
John W. Dean / FindLaw's Writ:
If Past Is Prologue, George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous President — President George W. Bush's presidency is a disaster - one that's still unfolding. In a mid-2004 column, I argued that, at that point, Bush had already demonstrated that he possessed the least attractive …
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Pink Lady / In The Pink Texas:
Ask Not What Your Bloggers Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Bloggers — *UPDATE* - Due to popular demand (and by 'popular,' I mean a couple requests), it's time to start captioning these photos. I'll start. Photo #9, me at the beginning of the night. Photo #36, me at the end of the night.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
On Commenter Masha, Commenting from . . . You'll Never Guess! — This is rich. Commenter "Masha" says (all emphasis mine): … The bloggers made him do it! — Read that comment again, with its ringing praise of the L.A. Times, and its silly caricature of bloggers as "worse than Pravda," spewing "idiotic propaganda."
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