Leaky Staffer Worked for LA's Jane Harman

The Dem staffer suspected of leaking classified information to the NY Times works for Rep. Jane Harman from Los Angeles. Harman has hired a high profile constitutional lawyer to represent him:

The aide was identified by other congressional officials as Larry Hanauer. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of a pending investigation into the leak, said Hanauer had held positions with the departments of Defense and Homeland Security before joining the professional staff of Democrats on the House intelligence panel about two years ago.

A spokesman for Harman said Hanauer was not available to comment. His attorney, Jonathan Turley, expressed anger that Hanauer was named in news reports Friday and said there was no evidence the aide leaked the intelligence report.

Turley wrote to committee leaders, "When a staffer can become fodder for politics in this way, it discourages qualified people from seeking to join public service."

When staffers leak classified material to the NY Times in order to damage the president, it's only right that they become "fodder for politics", because it's a political game that they're playing.

If there's anything that points out better that Dems cannot be trusted on national security issues, I can't imagine what that would be (except maybe Teddy Kennedy's attempt at treason in the 80's).

By the way, Turley is one of the guys who appeared on every show possible after the Times leaked the terrorist surveillance program and claimed the President Bush had committed an impeachable offense by authorizing that program.