Has Pursuing Leaks Become A Pissing Contest?
Newsmax brings you: Justice Department Probing Durbin, Rockefeller CIA Leak:
Now, it seems...
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into whether Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Jay Rockefeller and Ron Wyden leaked details about a secret "black ops" CIA satellite program last December in a move that may have seriously compromised national security, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Jed Babbin said on Saturday.
"The CIA made a request to the Justice Department to investigate and possibly bring criminal charges against these three [senators]," Babbin told WABC Radio host Monica Crowley. "My information is that investigation is ongoing."--snip--
Media reports on the satellite leak last December indicated that the Bush administration was concerned about public comments by Durbin, Rockefeller and Wyden and that the CIA had requested a Justice Department probe.It's true the possibility of an investigation was raised by AP in 2004, but Newsmax's Saturday story does not include a salient point included in the AP article: The Justice Department already has a high-profile leak investigation under way. It is probing who in the Bush administration disclosed the name of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame"
Now, it seems...
"Former Deputy Undersecretary Babbin's comments on Saturday were the first indication that such a probe was actually launched and is ongoing."--snip-- (and does this sound familiar?)
Asked if he thought the three Senate Democrats should have their security clearances revoked for the duration of the leak probe, the former Defense Department official said: "Absolutely and forthwith. I mean, they should have been revoked at the time of the leak."Make no mistake fans...WE don't need no stinkin' investigation!
"There's really not much doubt about the leak having occurred," Babbin told Crowley. "It's in the press records, it's in the Congressional record. We know what they did."