Now the McCarthy defense, all lawyered up with scandal lawyer Ty Cobb, has a new angle on her defense: she was authorized to talk (i.e., leak) to reporters! Associates, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of her sensitive legal situation, say the CIA authorized McCarthy on a number of occasions to talk with […]

I had this story on Congress toughening laws against leakers posted in the Fly By below, until I saw this little gem: Critics described the potential penalties outlined in the measure as “draconian.” “In a moment when the intelligence community should be looking forward toward what it does best, the arrest powers represent a step […]

*** Update: polls are actually lagging indicators to where the nation is heading. A leading indicator is consumer confidence, which is now at a 4 year high! The summer rebound is coming, barring any disasters *** To folks new to the site, the ‘Fly By’ post is a way for me to attempt to be […]

*** Captain Ed Morrissey has some excellent thoughts on this matter here. Interesting to see the good Captain was an FSO, so was I at one (brief) time. *** Well, this is a surprise. Mary McCarthy, who according to government sources admitted to exposing classified information to reporters, and possibly specifically Dana Priest of the […]

In a stunning reversal, Mary McCarthy is apparently denying she leaked CIA Prison story (even thoug, if she admitted to the act the CIA would have a signed statement to the contrary I would think): A former CIA officer who was sacked last week after allegedly confessing to leaking secrets has denied she was the […]

Update: Mac Ranger has insights from his inside sources as to the implications of this: To answer some emails, yes according to sources Mary will be prosecuted. I doubt that she will actually see trial as she will most likely squeal and squeal loudly. Now for the fallout. Her capture is key because of her […]

I meant to point out something in the controversy over partisan leaks all dressed up to sound like whistleblowing, which I touched on in the previous post today. The left want to characterize the Wilson-Plame, NSA and McCarthy stories and whistleblowing. The problem is with this arguement – all ethe claims of wrongdoing where proven […]

Update: Tom Maguire catches the irony of Pincus commenting on leaks regarding Plame (who else would know better!). End Update Why are Democrats defending the leaks? Their plan was to create scandals against Bush to undercut public support – and that plan is sort of working. But the plan can backfire if the public believes […]

McCarthy’s positions gave her plenty of influence to fix what she felt needed fixing. From those who would know: Unlike the names associated with real or perceived IC fiascos (Tice, Edmonds, Shaffer, etc.) if Ms. McCarthy had a serious, legitimate gripe with what was going on at the CIA, she could have walked down the […]

This Chicago Tribune article (free account required) on the McCarthy case illustrates how serious a problem denial can be for some people. Note the headline: Some Doubt CIA Analyst Talked Some think the world is flat and the sun orbits the earth. So what? The ‘what’ is that small minority of misfits I posted about […]