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A day after the Democrats held hearings on the security implications of revealing covert agent’s identity and the importance of not leaking classified information, Larry Johnson, registered Republican, delivers the weekend Democratic radio address.

Washington, DC – This week, Larry Johnson, who worked previously with the Central Intelligence Agency and U.S. State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism, delivered the Democratic Radio Address.

Audio version is available at CSPAN.org. Transcript is here.

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Listen to the latest Liberadio(!) podcast here. In this episode: The all-star break is over! We are ready for some baseball! An emailer wrote: “Please ease up on bashing the Right Wing, Conservatives, Neo-Cons, or whatever.” No. That’s our job. He also challenged us to “Please out the “Right Wing” radio by detailing their outright lies.” Well, OK. If we must. Plus, the new Supreme Court Justice nominee. And why we’re pro-choice.

“A classified State Department memorandum central to a federal leak investigation contained information about CIA officer Valerie Plame in a paragraph marked “(S)” for secret, a clear indication that any Bush administration official who read it should have been aware the information was classified, according to current and former government officials.” Read more…

PS: On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the memo made it clear that information about Wilson’s wife was sensitive and should not be shared.