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04-21-2006, 08:49 PM
April 21, 2006
C.I.A. Employee Fired for Alleged Leak
By DAVID JOHNSTON (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/david_johnston/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
WASHINGTON, April 21 — The Central Intelligence Agency (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/central_intelligence_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has dismissed a senior career official who disclosed classified information to the Washington Post for its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories about the agency's secret prison network for high-ranking terror suspects, the agency announced today.
The identity of the leaker was not immediately disclosed, but several officials said they believed it was a veteran intelligence officer. The dismissal followed a long internal inquiry at the agency and was accompanied by a notification to the Justice Department.
But instead of asking for an immediate criminal inquiry, the C.I.A. asked to retain jurisdiction over the ongoing inquiry into the matter. Even so, government officials said it was possible, even likely, that the investigation could lead to criminal charges against the leaker.
The officer's departure sent another powerful jolt of apprehension through the C.I.A., battered in recent years for faulty prewar reporting in Iraq, waves of senior-echelon departures following the appointment of Porter J. Goss (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/porter_j_goss/index.html?inline=nyt-per) as director and the diminished standing of the agency now that the nation's intelligence operations have been reorganized.
The Justice Department had opened an inquiry after The Post's publication of an article last fall which said that the intelligence agency was sending terror suspects to clandestine detention centers in Eastern Europe. The inquiry, which provoked protests among European allies and set off complaints among Democrats in Congress, also prompted an inquiry by the Justice Department which had failed to unearth a suspect.
The announcement today provided a fresh indication that the agency under Mr. Goss would aggressively hunt for leakers. He has said that unauthorized disclosures of national security information threaten to seriously undermine the administration's counterterrorism efforts.
Link to Article: (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/washington/21cnd-leak.html?hp&ex=1145678400&en=4e6f3228d760ab95&ei=5094&partner=homepage)
Hist2004
C.I.A. Employee Fired for Alleged Leak
By DAVID JOHNSTON (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/david_johnston/index.html?inline=nyt-per)
WASHINGTON, April 21 — The Central Intelligence Agency (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/central_intelligence_agency/index.html?inline=nyt-org) has dismissed a senior career official who disclosed classified information to the Washington Post for its Pulitzer Prize-winning stories about the agency's secret prison network for high-ranking terror suspects, the agency announced today.
The identity of the leaker was not immediately disclosed, but several officials said they believed it was a veteran intelligence officer. The dismissal followed a long internal inquiry at the agency and was accompanied by a notification to the Justice Department.
But instead of asking for an immediate criminal inquiry, the C.I.A. asked to retain jurisdiction over the ongoing inquiry into the matter. Even so, government officials said it was possible, even likely, that the investigation could lead to criminal charges against the leaker.
The officer's departure sent another powerful jolt of apprehension through the C.I.A., battered in recent years for faulty prewar reporting in Iraq, waves of senior-echelon departures following the appointment of Porter J. Goss (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/porter_j_goss/index.html?inline=nyt-per) as director and the diminished standing of the agency now that the nation's intelligence operations have been reorganized.
The Justice Department had opened an inquiry after The Post's publication of an article last fall which said that the intelligence agency was sending terror suspects to clandestine detention centers in Eastern Europe. The inquiry, which provoked protests among European allies and set off complaints among Democrats in Congress, also prompted an inquiry by the Justice Department which had failed to unearth a suspect.
The announcement today provided a fresh indication that the agency under Mr. Goss would aggressively hunt for leakers. He has said that unauthorized disclosures of national security information threaten to seriously undermine the administration's counterterrorism efforts.
Link to Article: (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/21/washington/21cnd-leak.html?hp&ex=1145678400&en=4e6f3228d760ab95&ei=5094&partner=homepage)
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