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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Colleagues Say C.I.A. Analyst Played by Rules — WASHINGTON, April 22 — In 1998, when President Bill Clinton ordered military strikes against a suspected chemical weapons factory in Sudan, Mary O. McCarthy, a senior intelligence officer assigned to the White House, warned the president …
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Curt / Flopping Aces:
The Democrat Mole In The CIA Fired — Hey, I get home from work and find out that the CIA has fired the leaker of the CIA prison story...NICE! … I wonder which Administration she held allegience to huh? — Even more ironic is this: … Priest gets the Pulitzer while hopefully …
Thomas Joscelyn:
The Leaker & Al-Shifa — The word is out that CIA agent Mary McCarthy has been fingered as one source of information for The Washington Post's Dana Priest. McCarthy apparently provided Priest with information for her Pulitzer Prize winning coverage of the CIA's alleged secret terror prisons throughout Europe.
In From the Cold:
The Leaker — We are learning more about Mary O"Neil McCarthy, the CIA officer who was fired for leaking classified information to the Washington Post. Ms. McCarthy was at least one of the sources for the Post series on secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe, which won a Pulitzer Prize last week.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Sacked CIA Officer - Hey, Big Donor... The NY Times seems to think the political contributions of the sacked CIA officer are significant, but their investigative skills are apparently a bit rusty, since they are about $7,500 light in their reporting. From David Johnston and Scott Shane we get this:
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Selectively punishing politically damaging leaks — The CIA's firing of the official who allegedly leaked the existence of Eastern European black prisons to Dana Priest of The Washington Post has prompted an orgy of celebration among Bush followers, who apparently believe that the dreams they harbor …
AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Left Wing Jumps To McCarthy's Defense — *** update at end: McCarthy was Larry Johnson's Boss *** — In a sign that is surely not good for Mary McCarthy, the far left is coming to her defense to leak secrets and calling for the serious, professionals at CIA to be censured:
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:A Sting Operation? — Rick Moran at Right Wing Nuthouse wonders …
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: THE LEAKER AND THE SQUEALER
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION
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Dan / Riehl World View:CIA Leaker Mary O. McCarthy - Kerry Donor
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraqi Lawmakers End Months of Deadlock — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's president formally designated Shiite politician Jawad al-Maliki to form a new government Saturday, starting a process aimed at healing ethnic and religious wounds and pulling the nation out of insurgency and sectarian strife.
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Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:Shiites Settle on Pick for Iraqi Premier
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Washington Post:
Leaders Question Gasoline Prices — Congressional leaders yesterday planned to ask President Bush to order investigations into possible price gouging by oil companies as crude oil prices hit new highs on world markets and average gasoline prices in the nation's capital blew through the $3-a-gallon mark.
Craig Shirley / Washington Post:
How the GOP Lost Its Way — The immigration reform debate has highlighted a long-standing fissure in the GOP between the elitist Rockefeller business wing and the party's conservative populist base. Whether the two groups can continue to coexist and preserve the Republican majority …
Steve Gutterman / Associated Press:
Russia Warns Against Pressuring Iran — MOSCOW - A top Kremlin diplomat warned against threatening Iran with sanctions or the use of force, saying that would only aggravate the international standoff over Tehran's suspect nuclear program, Russian media reports said Saturday.
Amba / AmbivaBlog:
Paean To / Theory Of Blogging — Ann Althouse's contribution to the Bloggership conference of bloggin' law professors is well worth downloading (.pdf). Even though it's written to coax a specialized audience off its safe shore of stodginess, timidity and pomposity and into the fast-moving waters …
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Opinion Journal:
Breathe Easier — The world is getting cleaner, Al Gore notwithstanding. — Today, April 22, is Earth Day, which has been marked each year since 1970 as a day of reflection on the state of the environment. At least that's the idea, so let's begin with some figures.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrat Leaves Ethics Panel — Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (W.Va.) stepped down temporarily from his post as ranking Democrat on the House ethics committee, amid accusations that he used his congressional position to funnel money to his own home-state foundations, possibly enriching himself in the process.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling law — Web site operators posting sexually explicit information must place official government warning labels on their pages or risk being imprisoned for up to five years, the Bush administration proposed Thursday. — A mandatory rating system will …
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