Fired C.I.A. Officer Denies Role in Leak

"When we've said that the C.I.A. was at war with the White House, we were more right than we knew," Mr. Limbaugh said.

Congratulations, Rush, and by extension John Hinderaker. You now have a name to attach to your straw man. And, also, I respect the fact that you are admitting that you were making shit up - that's big of you.

It remains to be seen whether or not McCarthy actually did what she is accused of. And it is certainly still rank speculation about whether or not partisanship was the cause of this leak.

I prefer to think that human rights and American morality were the reasons for the leak. I'm just hopelessly naive that way.