CIA Fires Employee for Alleged Leak  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The CIA has fired an employee for leaking classified information to the news media, including details about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe, officials said Friday.  —  A federal criminal investigation has also been opened.

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 …

Who is Mary McCarthy?  —  Well, as of this morning (Saturday) most of the big media don't care.  They're fixated with the weather and gas prices — and anything else that will divert the public's attention from the stunning revelation that a Sandy Berger crony has apparently …

Mary O. McCarthy - The Plot Thickens  —  The NY Times rolls out Mary O. McCarthy's supportive colleagues today to speak on her behalf, most notably Rand Beers.  But they don't exactly tell you everything about Beers.  —  If one looks into the back story a bit, what begins to emerge …

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.

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.

Rockefeller did you "teller?"  - XI - Mary is only the beginning  —  Much speculation has surrounded the outing of Mary McCarthy, the CIA rogue who has been the "deep throat" for the media on everything from the CIA prison's story to yet to be determine other acts of espionage …