From CNN: A U.S. official told CNN on Monday that the CIA officer fired for leaking classified information was accused of a “pattern of behavior,” including multiple contacts with more than one reporter. Sources also confirmed to CNN that the officer fired last Thursday is Mary O. McCarthy, who last worked in the CIA inspector general’s office. “It’s not just about one story, it’s a pattern of activity,” the official

The indefatigable Michelle Malkin and crew (including Allah and JunkyardBlog’s Bryan Preston) have launched what they are calling “the world’s first full-service conservative Internet broadcast network.” Check it out here. Question:  would any of you be interested in a protein wisdom podcast?  How about a video report in the format of Michelle’s new “Vent”? (abeit with an R-rating and lots of visual evidence of liquor abuse?) Or would my nasally

Karl Maher at Can’t See the Center has the details. Remember:  an informed electorate is not the same as a pre-formed electorate.  And to many contemporary jouralists, the latter is the goal. You know, for the greater good and all…

From ABC Online (Australia), “Howard hails appointment of new Iraq PM”: Prime Minister John Howard has welcomed news the President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, has invited a prominent Shiite politician to form a government. Shiite leader Jawad al-Maliki has been given 30 days to form Iraq’s first full-term post-Saddam Hussein government after being nominated as prime minister to end a four-month political deadlock. Mr Howard says the selection of Jawad

From the good news / bad news file.  From John Fund, WSJ: Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi’s luck is running out. Eight weeks ago the Taliban diplomat turned special Yale student made a media splash on the cover of the New York Times magazine in which he proclaimed: “In some ways I’m the luckiest person in the world, I could have ended up in Guantanamo Bay. Instead I ended up at Yale.”