Former CIA Operative going to Prison for leak

[dabrockster]

Interesting read.... What is also interesting is his history with the agency and what he has done.. Yet, he broke the law and will now go to prison..

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/us...k.html?hp&_r=0

[edward777]

Interesting read.... What is also interesting is his history with the agency and what he has done.. Yet, he broke the law and will now go to prison..

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/us...k.html?hp&_r=0

Seems as if the Obama Administration, way more than Bush or Clinton, has absolutely no tolerance for whistleblowers or anyone else who defies the power of the state.

[Maximus]

Seems as if the Obama Administration, way more than Bush or Clinton, has absolutely no tolerance for whistleblowers or anyone else who defies the power of the state.

How is this a whistleblower situation?

[edward777]

How is this a whistleblower situation?

I said anyone who goes agains tthe state, did I not?

[edward777]

But on the subject of whistleblowers:

White is black and down is up. Leaks that favor the president are shoveled out regardless of national security, while national security is twisted to pummel leaks that do not favor him. Watching their boss, bureaucrats act on their own, freelancing the punishment of whistleblowers, knowing their retaliatory actions will be condoned. The United States rains Hellfire missiles down on its enemies, with the president alone sitting in judgment of who will live and who will die by his hand.


The issue of whether the White House leaked information to support the president's reelection while crushing whistleblower leaks it disfavors shouldn't be seen as just another O'Reilly v. Maddow sporting event. What lies at the nexus of Obama's targeted drone killings, his self-serving leaks, and his aggressive prosecution of whistleblowers is a president who believes himself above the law, and seems convinced that he alone has a preternatural ability to determine right from wrong.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...t-leaks-drones

[pellegrino]

throw a bone to those of us who are too lazy don't have time to wade through seven pages of story to see what the guy did.

[dabrockster]

throw a bone to those of us who are too lazy don't have time to wade through seven pages of story to see what the guy did.

1st page gives the info.. Gave a reporter the name of a covert CIA operative..

[jay santos]

1st page gives the info.. Gave a reporter the name of a covert CIA operative..

i started to read, looked interesting but too long. maybe i'll go back and read more. but what was his motivation? why did he give out the name?

[dabrockster]

i started to read, looked interesting but too long. maybe i'll go back and read more. but what was his motivation? why did he give out the name?

(Still reading myself). The name was not to be used in a article but was sent to the reporter as a possible "source" for more information on an article the reporter was writing..

[dabrockster]

His wife was also a Top Iran Specialist in the CIA as well and was forced to resign from her position.

On page 2.. Been busy at work..


EDIT: He lead the team that captured Abu Zubaydah. Was also present for various interrogations on him, but not for the waterboarding of him..

[YOhio]

WTF? The guy is going to jail for taking a leak? That's outrageous!

[creekster]

WTF? The guy is going to jail for taking a leak? That's outrageous!

Maybe he did it in the sink?

[dabrockster]

The quote below is interesting considering why this guy is going to prison..

But I believe what truly sealed his fate was when the name he provided popped up and was used by defense lawyers for detainee's in Gitmo to be used as a witness in regards to inhumane treatment of prisoners..

Which is why you should NEVER speak to a reporter.. I may be innocent among the two of you but as it gets out it can come back and bite you..

In Senate testimony last July, for example, Michael V. Hayden, the C.I.A. director from 2006 to 2009, admitted that he was perplexed by the “dilemma” over what he was or was not permitted to say, in this case about the targeted killing of Qaeda operatives using drones — officially classified but reported in the news media every day and occasionally discussed by Mr. Obama.

“So much of that is in the public domain that right now this witness, with my experience, I am unclear what of my personal knowledge of this activity I can or cannot discuss publicly,” Mr. Hayden said. “That’s how muddled this has become.”