F.B.I. Questions Journalists in Military Secrets Inquiry

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON, May 13 - Federal agents have begun asking reporters about any conversations they had with a former Pentagon analyst who has been charged with illegally disclosing military secrets, senior government officials said on Friday.

The interviews by the Federal Bureau of Investigation are starting with four reporters, among them at least one newspaper journalist and others whose work has been published on the Internet, the officials said. They would not identify any of the journalists and said the number could increase.

The interviews represent the latest twist in a convoluted inquiry that appears to be evolving from a spy case into a broader investigation into the possible disclosure of classified information by the analyst, Lawrence A. Franklin.

The journalists whom the agents want to question wrote articles that investigators are said to believe are based on classified information that Mr. Franklin obtained while he was working at the Defense Department. Investigators have searched news databases and have compiled the list of journalists based in part on that research.

http://nytimes.com/2005/05/14/politics/14inquire.html

[grytpype]

1. Ah yes, the Israeli spy case...

I don't know how the Bush administration survives from day to day, I really don't understand it.

[UpInArms]

2. baffling, isn't it?

:popcorn:

[Ian David]

3. And they're going to pin the Iraq intelligence "failure" on him.

Just what Bush needs: a Jewish scapegoat for his failings.

[Toots]

4. Maybe the Plame case and Gannon being the Blogger I bet.

I hope this is what it is about and everyone finally understands that Rove is the key...

[hang a left]

5. I wonder if one of the stories

Is Sy Hersch's Iran article.

[damntexdem]

6. Hey, FBI, while you're at it -

consdier the Valerie Plame case, too!

Oh, sorry, the perpetrators there are known to be high-ranking Repugs, so that investigation can't go any further.