Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Two Questions About CIA Leaking
Dana Priest, at the Washington Post, won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting that we were holding terrorist in secret prisons in Europe. She was using information (or confirmation of such information) from recently fired CIA worker Mary McCarthy. The Europeans can't find the prisons. If they never existed, will the Washington Post have to return the Prize, as they did when one was awarded to Janet Cooke, who made up her story about an 8 year old heroin addict who never existed?
If anti-Bush Democrats at the CIA continue to leak classified information willy nilly with no punishment, will the other countries stop sharing secret spy stuff information with us for fear that we'll tell the enemy?
(h/t Irish Pennants)
If anti-Bush Democrats at the CIA continue to leak classified information willy nilly with no punishment, will the other countries stop sharing secret spy stuff information with us for fear that we'll tell the enemy?
(h/t Irish Pennants)
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 8:27 AM 
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R,
I understand that Ms. McCarthy was fired, apparently less than 2 weeks b/f she was scheduled to retire. I also understand that she is denying the allegeations that she was this particular leak.
Are we, collectively, moving too fast to condemn her?
T
I understand that Ms. McCarthy was fired, apparently less than 2 weeks b/f she was scheduled to retire. I also understand that she is denying the allegeations that she was this particular leak.
Are we, collectively, moving too fast to condemn her?
T
# posted by 
: 9:15 AM
: 9:15 AM
I really want to read this post, but it is covered by the picture of Roger in his prime.
Roger, please, try to put some text or something between the two pictures to create a space, that may aleviate the problem.
Roger, please, try to put some text or something between the two pictures to create a space, that may aleviate the problem.
It works, but it is a pity you had to drop the picture.
The caption for the Hugh Hewitt picture still bleeds into the main body, but doesn't obstruct anything.
Getting to your questions... yes on point one. She should have to provide some kind of lead to back up the story.
On point one, you there is a false premise. They ARE being punished, so I cannot answer the question.
On Tony's question, yes. Lets get the facts on this one. Having said that, a friend of hers Ray McGovern, who also worked at the CIA agrees that leakers should be punished. However, if the International law is being violated he says that agents have a duty to blown the whistle.
Have a look at it here
The caption for the Hugh Hewitt picture still bleeds into the main body, but doesn't obstruct anything.
Getting to your questions... yes on point one. She should have to provide some kind of lead to back up the story.
On point one, you there is a false premise. They ARE being punished, so I cannot answer the question.
On Tony's question, yes. Lets get the facts on this one. Having said that, a friend of hers Ray McGovern, who also worked at the CIA agrees that leakers should be punished. However, if the International law is being violated he says that agents have a duty to blown the whistle.
Have a look at it here
I'm aware of the choice of evils defense to criminal conduct (faced with having to do one of two crimes I did the lesser) but there is a whole office for whistleblowing which one is required to use in order to get the immunity from prosecution a whistleblower has. Go to the press with state secrets and you're a criminal not a whistleblower.
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