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McCarthy Denies Role in Leak About CIA Prison Mary McCarthy's lawyer says that the fired CIA employee categorically denies leaking classified intelligence to the media. McCarthy, initially identified as the source for news reports on secret CIA prisons, says she didn't leak the story.

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McCarthy Denies Role in Leak About CIA Prison

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McCarthy Denies Role in Leak About CIA Prison

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Dismissed CIA employee Mary McCarthy's lawyer says she categorically denies leaking classified intelligence to the media, and that she was not the source for a Washington Post report on secret prisons in Europe. The CIA has been careful not to identify McCarthy by name, but she's clearly the official in question.

And the CIA affirms its earlier statements that an official was fired for having "acknowledged willingly sharing classified information, including operational information."