Bombshell: Democratic staff dripper?
From Michelle Malkin - Found on Sister Toldjah
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Like Tigerhawk (hat tip - Instapundit) and many other observers, I theorized that the illegal leak of the National Intelligence Estimate summary findings last month came from former or current CIA bureaucrats with an anti-Bush axe to grind. That assumption fit a well-worn pattern.
Now comes word that a Democratic staffer has been suspended over concerns he may have leaked a high-level intelligence assessment to The New York Times last month (hat tip - Allah):
House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra has suspended a Democratic staff member because of concerns he may have leaked a high-level intelligence assessment to The New York Times last month.In a letter obtained by The Associated Press Thursday night, Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., a committee member, said that an unidentified staffer requested the document from National Intelligence Director John Negroponte three days before the Sept. 23 story about its conclusions.
The staffer received the National Intelligence Estimate on global terror trends on Sept. 21.
Look who’s not talking now:
An aide to California Rep. Jane Harman, the committee’s top Democrat, did not have an immediate comment Thursday night.
The New York Times did not immediately answer a telephone message seeking comment.
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