C.I.A. Fires Senior Officer Over Leaks - New York Times

I'm glad that the CIA is finally cleaning house with the firing of Mary McCarthy, accused of improperly leaking information to the press, including rumors of CIA "black" sites, which was disavowed by the EU's antiterrorism coordinator on Thursday. This was a systematic pattern, not just one isolated incident. So essentially, she was a mole for the media. And, of course, she was a strong Kerry supporter, donating the maximum, $2,000, an individual can donate to a campaign.

Of course, the NYT tries to conflate her illegal and traitorous actions with what George Bush's legal and authorized actions to defeat false information disseminated by former Ambassador Joe Wilson.

The liberal media also tries to make her out as some kind of martyr, with Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. saying that people who leak out of principle shouldn't be persecuted. Of course, if things worked that way, then we wouldn't have any secrets at all!

Already, the spin by the media has begun.

**UPDATE - 04/22/2006 6:47PM**

Looks like Mary McCarthy is a little bit more partisan than even the NYT reported.