What would we have if government agencies leaked any information they thought they should, including sensitive information having to do with national security and the ability of the United States to strive to create stable governments? What would happen if your top security people were undermining you with your enemies who have killed more then 3,000 innocent Americans? I think it's wrong and should be punished with a charge of treason. John Kerry, apparently doesn't mind a bit.
Here is an explanation of why we should be glad that Kerry lost his bid for president.
ABC 'THIS WEEK' HOST GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: On another -- on another front, excuse me, CIA official Mary McCarthy lost her job this week for disclosing classified information according to the CIA probably about a WASHINGTON POST story which reveal revealed the existence of secret prisons in Europe. A lot of different views. Senator Pat Roberts praised action but some former CIA officers described Mary McCarthy as a sacrificial lamb acting in the finest American tradition by revealing human rights violations. What's your view?
SEN. KERRY: Well, I read that. I don't know whether she did it or not so it's hard to have a view on it. Here's my fundamental view of this, that you have somebody being fired from the CIA for allegedly telling the truth, and you have no one fired from the white house for revealing a CIA agent in order to support a lie. That underscores what's really wrong in Washington, DC Here.
STEPHANOPOULOS: That's one issue of hypocrisy but should a CIA officer be able to make decisions on his or her --
KERRY: ... Of course not. Of course, not. A CIA agent has the obligation to uphold the law and clearly leaking is against the law, and nobody should leak. I don't like leaking. But if you're leaking to tell the truth, Americans are going to look at that, at least mitigate or think about what are the consequences that you, you know, put on that person. Obviously they're not going to keep their job, but there are other larger issues here. You know, classification in Washington is a tool that is used to hide the truth from the American people. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was eloquent and forceful in always talking about how we needed to, you know, end this endless declassification that takes place in this city, and it has become a tool to hide the truth from Americans.
STEPHANOPOULOS: These --
SEN. KERRY: So I'm glad she told the truth but she's going to obviously -- if she did it, if she did it, suffer the consequences of breaking the law.
Me Again---McCarthy had no authority to release the information she leaked. But kerry says you shouldn't leak, but if you're telling the truth, well that's okay, right John?
No, it's not right, it's wrong. And the action of this woman has endangered the efforts of freedom in the middle east and the world. I don't think McCarthy should be fired, I think she should be prosecuted for treason and if she is convicted---suffer the effects of a firing squad or other appropriate punishment.
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