WaPo: Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message

[Bucky]

Prosecute this traitor!

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Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message
Justice Dept. Declined To Prosecute Case

By Allan Lengel and Dana Priest
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, August 5, 2004; Page A17

Federal investigators concluded that Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) divulged classified intercepted messages to the media when he was on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, according to sources familiar with the probe.

Specifically, Fox News chief political correspondent Carl Cameron confirmed to FBI investigators that Shelby verbally divulged the information to him during a June 19, 2002, interview, minutes after Shelby's committee had been given the information in a classified briefing, according to the sources, who declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the case.

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The Justice Department declined to comment on why it was no longer pursuing the matter criminally. The Senate ethics panel also declined to comment on its investigation

No, we can't prosecute a Republican senator for this, just because he was using intelligence info in a personal vendetta against George Tenet. I mean, it's not like he's a Democrat or something...

Grrrr....

[cthrumatrix]

1. see how Carl "I support bush" Cameron will reveal a source while Nofax

will claim journalistic privledge.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Thanks, Bucky.

The FBI asked 17 senators to turn over phone records, appointment calendars and schedules. The FBI probe included an interview with a staff member on the intelligence committee who said that Shelby was trying to leak the information to show the shortcomings of the intelligence community, the sources said. Shelby had called repeatedly for the resignation of then-CIA Director George J. Tenet, whom he said was not up to the job.
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Interesting article!

[Moderator]

3. Duplicate

if this is an update, add to the previous WP article here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=729011