How the Media Takes a Leak

Well, well, well. Looks like we're making some headway on uncovering at least one self-styled "patriot" in the CIA. You know, the kind that likes to leak secrets to the Washington Post because he/she hates Chimpy BushMcHitler and CIA director Porter Goss. From Reuters, no less:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA said on Friday that it fired an intelligence officer for leaking classified information that sources said contributed to a Washington Post report about secret CIA prisons in Eastern Europe.

The CIA said the dismissal of a CIA officer over a media leak was extremely rare and resulted from a three-month-old in-house investigation aimed at agency operations that had been the subject of recent media leaks.

Sources familiar with the case said the firing stemmed from the Washington Post's reporting about secret CIA prisons for terrorism suspects in November. The coverage sparked an international outcry over U.S. detainee policies and also won a Pulitzer Prize, America's leading journalism award.

Yep. We commented on the Pulitzers yesterday. All these treason enthusiasts should be ashamed, but shame is alien to their vocab just as long as it weakens the U.S. in its War on Terror and rehashes the lefty glory days of Vietnam.

Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, Republican chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, called for prosecution in the case and said vigorous leak investigations should continue across the international community.

"Clearly, those guilty of improperly disclosing classified information should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," he said in a statement.

Well, yeah. The law is not something that one obeys selectively. Otherwise, all laws are equal targets and society collapses. Which, of course, the moonbat left, inspired by the thought of Antonio Gramsci, would certainly like to see.

Now, let's see the Post and the CIA leaker prosecuted for the treason they committed. And maybe the Pulitzer Committee could be added to the stew as unindicted co-conspirators. Don't miss the next thrilling episode.