Did An Embattled Iraq Ambassador Nominee Grant His Girlfriend (And Journalist) Access To Sensitive Intel On Iraq When They Were Together In Baghdad?

Baghdad Booty Call -- Washington Free Beacon

Leaked emails of embattled Iraq ambassador nominee raise questions over reporter’s access, coverage.

Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon’s repeated use of anonymous, high-level sources in her dispatches from Iraq has raised further concerns that her sexual relationship with former National Security Council member Brett McGurk—now President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Iraq—won her unprecedented insider access.

Chon and McGurk appear to have engaged in a clandestine, months-long relationship in 2008 as the latter led high-level security negotiations with the Iraqis, according to a set of recently unearthed email exchanges between the couple, who are now married.

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My Comment: It would not be the first time that 'pillow talk' ended up with information being leaked and disclosed. But if true .... it does show poor judgement on the part of Brett McGurk.