CLEANING HOUSE?….David Corn points out this sentence in today’s Washington Post story about the firing of CIA officer Mary McCarthy as part of the agency’s stepped up effort to fight leaks:

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.

That sure deserves a followup, doesn’t it? And a note to the White House: if you stop breaking the law, that would be a pretty good way to stop leaks too.

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