Partisan Treason

The firing of Mary McCarthy, a senior CIA official who apparently leaked information to Washington Post reporter Dana Priest about the CIA's secret prisons, was a service to the country and now the Bush fascists are striking back. Since when does an employee of the federal government have to adhere to a partisan loyalty oath? It appears they do now as there are the rumblings of a witch hunt going on in Washington – starting at the CIA:

Since Bush appointed a Republican ally and former lawmaker, Porter J. Goss, to replace George J. Tenet as the agency's chief in September 2005, Goss has repeatedly criticized the media for writing about sensitive intelligence matters and called for reporters to be forced to reveal their sources to grand juries. He personally oversaw the leak investigation that led to McCarthy's dismissal, rather than asking the Justice Department to do it -- as previous directors had requested in similar probes.

Even the agency's employment policies have changed: Applicants are now asked more aggressively whether they have any friends in the news media, several agency employees said. And the hurdles to making public statements persist for those who have left: Former CIA agents report that the agency's process for reviewing what they write about current events has recently become lengthier and more difficult.

The White House also has recently barraged the agency with questions about the political affiliations of some of its senior intelligence officers, according to intelligence officials.

You see, if Chimpie can't get people to meekly go along with his illegalities, he will attack you, smear you, question your patriotism, try to eliminate you as a player in the game, and even try to imprison you. Citizens in this country cannot act as patriots because Chimpie feels he is the King, our Lord and Master, the “Decider”, and he knows what's best. What a chump.
Posted on The Human Stain