Traitor caught leaking classified

[fintstone]

It turns out the Senior Intel Director that was caught leaking classified info
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12423825/
was a democrat appointed by Sandy Bergler in the Clinton administration.. Big surprise, huh?

[stevepaa]

Not a traitor.

No documentation in the new stories on when she joined the CIA.

Your comment "Big surprise" is no surprise.

[island911]

?

all are base your belong on when?

[fintstone]

Originally posted by stevepaa
Not a traitor.

No documentation in the new stories on when she joined the CIA.

Your comment "Big surprise" is no surprise.

Passing out classified info to damage one's own country is pretty damning to me. As far as who appointed her...

Surprise! I wuz there:

17 June 1998
TEXT: BERGER APPOINTS MCCARTHY SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR INTELLIGENCE
(And senior director on NSC Staff for intelligence programs) (370)

Washington -- National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger announced June 16 the appointment of Mary O'Neil McCarthy as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs.

She succeeds Rand Beers in that post, an announcement by the office of the White House Press Secretary said.

Mary McCarthy had been Director of Intelligence Programs on the
National Security Council Staff since July 1996. Previously, said the
White House, Mrs. McCarthy served as the National Intelligence Officer for Warning from 1994-1996 and as the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Warning from 1991-1994. She began government service in 1984 as an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency.

McCarthy has a B.A. and M.A. in history from Michigan State University and an M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.


Following is the White House text:

(begin text)

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

June 16, 1998

STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY

National Security Advisor Samuel R. Berger announced today the
appointment of Mary O'Neil McCarthy as Special Assistant to the
President and Senior Director for Intelligence Programs. Mrs. McCarthy succeeds Rand Beers.


Mary McCarthy had been Director of Intelligence Programs on the
National Security Council Staff since July 1996. Previously, Mrs.
McCarthy served as the National Intelligence Officer for Warning from 1994-1996 and as the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Warning from 1991-1994. She began government service in 1984 as an analyst in the Directorate of Intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Prior to her government service, Mrs. McCarthy held positions in both the private sector and academia. She was a Director, then Vice President of BERI, SA, a firm conducting financial and political risk assessments, from 1979-1984. Previously, she had taught at the University of Minnesota and was Director of the Social Science Data Archive at Yale University.

Mrs. McCarthy has a B.A. and M.A. in history from Michigan State
University and an M.A and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She and her husband Michael McCarthy have a son, Michael.

[fintstone]

McCarthy contributed $2,000 to the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004.

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by fintstone
McCarthy contributed $2,000 to the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004.

Kerry for president in 2008

[Moneyguy1]

The information allegedly leaked to Priest was about rumored secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. I thought we didn't have anything like that..

Has FOX news ran the story yet?

[island911]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
The information allegedly leaked to Priest was about rumored secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. I thought we didn't have anything like that..

Has FOX news ran the story yet?

WHo knows. All we know is that a CIA officer was bent on creating political damage

[stevepaa]

Uh no, What you know is a CIA officer leaked information on illegal and immoral activities.

I guess it goes to how you view "deepthroat", traitor or patriot.

Fint, looks like she joined in 1984:Reagan's watch, then as highly qualified agent she moved up the ranks, and got promoted under Bush 1.

Quite a stretch to bring in a Clinton issue. Sure you're not Nul in disguise?

[fintstone]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
The information allegedly leaked to Priest was about rumored secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe. I thought we didn't have anything like that...

Unless you have an inside source, that is only speculation. The CIA has not released any details about the classified info she was leaking....only that she failed a polygraph and admitted to leaking....of course CIA prisons in Europe is what liberals would have you believe.

[Moneyguy1]

That was taken right from the article on MSNBC

"The leak pertained to stories on the CIA's rumored secret prisons in Eastern Europe, sources told NBC. The information was allegedly provided to Dana Priest of the Washington Post, who wrote about CIA prisons in November and was awarded a PUlitzer Prize on Monday for her reporting."

Direct quote from the article you cited in your opening post. I would not expect the CIA to admit such places existed.

[fintstone]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
That was taken right from the article on MSNBC

"The leak pertained to stories on the CIA's rumored secret prisons in Eastern Europe, sources told NBC. The information was allegedly provided to Dana Priest of the Washington Post, who wrote about CIA prisons in November and was awarded a PUlitzer Prize on Monday for her reporting."

Direct quote from the article you cited in your opening post. I would not expect the CIA to admit such places existed.

Yes, the article cited unnamed sources. Typical liberal ploy to make their "sources" seem like actual witnesses. LOL. Note what the real sources say:

"Citing the Privacy Act, the CIA would not provide any details about the officer’s identity or assignments"

[Mulhollanddose]

Why do I feel the leftist mainstream is going to whitewash or totally ignore this story, as they did the connections story, the Saddam tapes, and Sandy Bergler's heist that defrauded the 9-11 investigation.

I won't hold my breath waiting for Tim Russert to ask Bill Clinton or Sandy Bergler the hard hitting questions.

[fintstone]

Sounds a lot like sedition.

[Mulhollanddose]

Originally posted by fintstone
Sounds a lot like sedition.

Its nothing less...I'll get the torches, who will bring the rope?

[RoninLB]

Intelligence leak damage is bad enough during peace. The damage rises exponentially during war time imo.

[Jim Richards]

Originally posted by fintstone
Unless you have an inside source, that is only speculation. The CIA has not released any details about the classified info she was leaking....only that she failed a polygraph and admitted to leaking....of course CIA prisons in Europe is what liberals would have you believe.

To me, this is wrong behavior for someone handling classified material. Whether they're the President, VP, VP chief of staff, Sandy Berger's skivvies, or the many political appointees or civil servants handling classidfied, it's a major security violation.

But we don't have secret prisons, right? Maybe she made up this stuff, and, since it didn't actually exist, it must not have been classified material. LOL! Who knows. I think there is a way to legally serve as a whistleblower of illegal, classified, activity on the part of our gov't without violating the law. Maybe something to chat about with our security folks...

[Joeaksa]

Jim,

Not sure if you have had a security clearance or not but anytime you get a clearance, or re-qual for your clearance (they have to be re-qualified every so often, depending on the level) you sign that you have not and will not disclose anything classified.

Could care less if we have a secret prison or not, this person was caught giving classified materials to a person who did not have clearance nor need for such materials. Treason, sedition or whichever way they go after her, it needs to be done.

Agree with your comments on it does not matter who it is, unless they are in a position to "un-classify" the material, they have to safeguard it.

[red-beard]

Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
Its nothing less...I'll get the torches, who will bring the rope?

I don't have a rope, but I do have a pitchfork!

[jyl]

Here's a test for you guys.

Suppose the CIA had secret death camps where they were torturing and executing innocent civilians. A CIA official leaks this information. Reaction?