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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 …
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MSNBC:
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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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.
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.
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.
Pam Benson / CNN:
CIA fires agent over leak to media — Information used in Pulitzer-winning story on secret prisons — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The CIA has fired one of its officers for leaking classified information, an agency spokeswoman said Friday. — The officer admitted to "unauthorized discussions …
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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.
Jan Silva / Associated Press:
EU official: No evidence of illegal CIA action — Antiterror chief advises committee — BRUSSELS — Investigations into reports that US agents shipped prisoners through European airports to secret detention centers have produced no evidence of illegal CIA activities, the European Union's antiterrorism coordinator said yesterday.
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: THE LEAKER AND THE SQUEALER
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Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:No Proof of Secret C.I.A. Prisons, European Antiterror Chief Says
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Plugging The Leak — The CIA has terminated an intelligence officer …
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Washington Post:
Top Shiites Nominate A Premier For Iraq — Al-Maliki Opposed Hussein And the U.S.-Led Invasion — BAGHDAD, April 21 — Jawad al-Maliki, an experienced political operator and advocate for Iraq's Shiite Muslims, won the approval of Shiite party leaders for the post of prime minister on Friday …
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BBC:
Iraqi Shia bloc names PM choice — Iraq's largest parliamentary bloc, the Shia United Iraq Alliance (UIA), has nominated Jawad al-Maliki as its choice for the post of prime minister. — The decision came a day after the Shias' first choice, Ibrahim Jaafari, agreed to step down.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Dispatch from Iraq: A tiny bit of comfort — A soldier sees and feels a wider variety of sights and emotions in a year than most people will experience in a lifetime. ... In my short time in the military I have experienced more suffering than I could have imagined before joining up.
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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 …
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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