Just as Broadway can make money only by endless revivals of old favorites, Brian Ross seems to have an entourage of sources who can always be counted on to provide leaks of national security matters.This week it's the leak of reported covert operations against Iran's despotic mullahs. Earlier his cast of characters was advancing Saddam's interests. Investigative blogger Fedora, who posts at Free Republic, noted:Active in encouraging speculation against Berlusconi and Blair were former US intelligence agents linked to VIPS who shuttled between the US and European media. Former CIA agent Vince Cannistraro, who in retirement had gone to work as a security advisor for the Vatican and an intelligence consultant for ABC News (where Morton Halperin's son Mark Halperin served as Political Director) had been serving since the Clinton administration as a frequent source for US correspondents of Britain's Guardian, which was also quoting Valerie Plame's former CIA colleague Larry Johnson...(Read Full Post)