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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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Katherine Shrader / dailynews.att.net:
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.
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 …
And Another Thing:
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 …
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Dan / Riehl World View:
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 …
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.
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.
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Mac Ranger / Macsmind:
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 …
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
CIA leak story grows
CIA leak story grows
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Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
The Whistleblower Gets Whacked - updated
The Whistleblower Gets Whacked - updated
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: PROCEED WITH EXTREME CAUTION
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: WALKING BACK SLOWLY
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: WALKING BACK SLOWLY
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Gateway Pundit:
Iraq Chooses al-Maliki as Prime Minister — The tough and decisive Al Maliki is chosen to head Iraq's post-Saddam Government, — REUTERS VIDEO HERE — Great News from Iraq! — Iraqi politician Jawad al-Maliki (C) stands with embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (L) …
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraqi Lawmakers End Months of Deadlock
Iraqi Lawmakers End Months of Deadlock
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New York Times:
Young Officers Join the Debate Over Rumsfeld — WASHINGTON, April 22 — The revolt by retired generals who publicly criticized Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has opened an extraordinary debate among younger officers, in military academies, in the armed services' staff colleges and even in command posts and mess halls in Iraq.
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Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Reporting so good it's ... criminal? — THERE are a lot of ways to react to the annual award of the Pulitzer Prizes, which occurred this week. — You could congratulate the winners — fulsomely or, as is often the case, through the gritted teeth of a strained smile.
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.
Richard B. Schmitt / Los Angeles Times:
Lobbyists' Lawyers Say Rice Leaked Information — The secretary of State and three other officials are to be subpoenaed. The defense says they told secrets to employees of a pro-Israel group. — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Lawyers for two lobbyists accused of conspiring to obtain secret defense information …
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