Bill Clinton Ignored CIA in Pardoning Intelligence Analyst

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Clinton Ignored CIA in Pardoning Intelligence Analyst
Clemency for Only Official Convicted of Leaking Classified Information to Media Draws Criticism
By Vernon LoebWashington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, February 17, 2001; Page A06

President Bill Clinton ignored a recommendation from the CIA last month when he pardoned former Navy intelligence analyst Samuel L. Morison, the only government official ever convicted of leaking classified information to the media.

While Clinton's pardon of former CIA director John M. Deutch caught CIA officials by surprise, the president solicited advance comment from the agency on the possibility of pardoning Morison, who leaked three secret spy satellite photographs to Jane's Defence Weekly in 1984. But Clinton ultimately disregarded the agency's position and approved a pardon application Morison submitted to the Justice Department more than two years ago.

See i told you the democrats are making our world a more dangerous place.

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And this will hurt the democrats in 06 campaign.

 

[Mookie]

Reached at his home in Crofton, Md., Morison said yesterday in an interview that he was wrong to leak satellite photos of a Soviet aircraft carrier to Jane's. But he said he did so to alert the public that the Soviet Union was preparing to vastly expand its naval reach, and that he took no payment for the photographs.

Morison attempted to provide a warning to Americans but CIA ingored. May I remind you that we need to be aware of it. We are also the stakeholders in order to be prepare for the next war and to protect our American soil.

What about President Ford pardoning President Nixon....

I stand by the Deep Throat...