Two Degrees of Separation from Joe Wilson?

John Podhoretz offers some interesting information regarding fired CIA leaker Mary McCarthy h/t The Corner):

So Newsweek is reporting that Mary McCarthy denies being the leaker. This despite stories in the press saying that she failed a polygraph and admitted to it. McCarthy's not the the one who told Newsweek. Do you know who did? Her "close friend" Rand Beers. Who's Rand Beers? The National Security Council staffer who quit in 2003 and went to work as John Kerry's senior national security campaign adviser. You know who else is Rand Beers's old friend from the National Security Council staff? Joseph C. Wilson IV. Just saying.

Could it have been McCarthy who green-lighted Joe Wilson's infamous mission to Niger (after it was suggested to her by his wife, CIA agent Valerie Plame)? Stay tuned.

UPDATE: For the whole story on the CIA leaker, check out Allah Pundit's report.