From the diaries. This should give us plenty to talk about on a Friday night. Are you going to fire this leaker, Mr. President? --mcjoan
On the day that a courageous CIA whistleblower is fired for telling the truth about American gulags, a bombshell accusation:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday.
Prosecutors disputed the claim.
The allegations against Rice came as a federal judge granted a defense request to issue subpoenas sought by the defense for Rice and three other government officials in the trial of Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman. The two are former lobbyists with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee who are charged with receiving and disclosing national defense information.
Looks like Rice will have to testify under oath about her dealings with AIPAC, although I'm sure she'll fight this one to her last dying breath, and appeals will delay final resolution for quite some time. But it appears that we may have another blatant example of White House leaking hypocrisy on our hands (as if the whole Plame debacle wasn't enough).
This one won't go away -- but will be battled out in the courts. I'm getting popcorn.