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Fifth Column
Matt Cooper: CIA Prison Story 'a Good Leak'
2005-11-18
Key Leakgate witness, Time magazine reporter Matt Cooper, said earlier this week that the recent Washington Post report that outed secret CIA-run terrorist prisons was based on "a good leak."
"Leaks that damage CIA agents fighting terrorists - good"
Of course, that contrasts with the White House leak about Valerie Plame's job, which, according to most of the press, was the crime of the century.
"Leaks that damage CIA agents fighting Bush - bad"
In quotes picked up by the Washington Times, however, Cooper told an audience at Princeton University that the "good leak" prison story was "clearly in the public interest." He lamented the fact that "we're seeing the call for another leak investigation" despite the public service performed by the CIA prison leaker.
Posted by:Steve

#8  Bob! Help me Bob!
Posted by: Walter Pincus   2005-11-18 15:48  

#7  A virtuous citizen could insert a Plumbum lozenge in his head too.

Since our government refuses to arrest an prosecute treason and sedition the task could fall to the citizens. The citizens are the government, they have the right to act if the elected officals and employees of teh government refuse to do so. That is just a bit of thought exercise, not an incitement. The government needs to wake up.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-11-18 15:47  

#6  Nah, Matt Cooper....any dog relieving itself on your shoes is a good leak.

Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-11-18 14:43  

#5  What do you think would have been the fate of someone who had leaked the D-Day plans?

Execution?
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-11-18 12:52  

#4  Yeah a good Treasonist Leak. All leaks and I mean all should be procecuted to the fullest as treason. Rokefeller giving Syria a heads up, leaking about our stealth satalite because he disagreed about it and lost the vote. This leak here about prisons, the leak about the cell phone taps, the leak about the CIA secret air force, leaks about this and that. All should be procecuted and the book should be broken off over the guilty parties freekin heads PERIOD no question asked.
Posted by: C-Low   2005-11-18 11:14  

#3  "Leaks that put reporters in jail- really, really, REALLY bad."
Posted by: Scoop Cooper Ace Reporter   2005-11-18 10:50  

#2  HEY MATT.....Someone otta put a LEAK in your HEAD!!!
Posted by: ARMYGUY   2005-11-18 10:32  

#1  ..Cooper told an audience at Princeton University that the "good leak" prison story was "clearly in the public interest."

It is?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-11-18 10:30  

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