THE CIA SAID ON FRIDAY THAT IT FIRED AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FOR LEAKING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT SOURCES SAID CONTRIBUTED TO A WASHINGTON POST REPORT ABOUT ALLEGED SECRET CIA PRISONS IN EASTERN EUROPE. NBC NEWS IDENTIFIED THE ACCUSED OFFICER AS MARY MCCARTHY, AND SAID SHE WORKED IN THE CIA INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE BEFORE BEING "MARCHED OUT" OF THE SPY AGENCY ON THURSDAY. CIA SPOKESMAN TOM CRISPELL SAID THE AGENCY COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE NBC REPORT, CITING PRIVACY LAW. PUBLIC RECORDS SHOWED MCCARTHY, A VETERAN CIA OFFICER, HAD SERVED AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AND PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM 1996 TO 2001. SHE WAS A SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS ON THE WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF AND TESTIFIED TO THE COMMISSION THAT INVESTIGATED THE SEPT. 11 ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO A REPORT OF REUTERS.
