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All three networks covered the spy scandal of Nada Prouty, a 38-year-old Lebanese-born CIA case officer, who pled guilty in federal court in Detroit to invading FBI secrets. Prouty became a citizen 18 years ago through a green card marriage; worked as a special agent for the FBI for four years; and then transferred to the CIA. The secret database in question contained FBI files on Hezbollah, the Shiite militia and political party based in Beirut. CBS' Bob Orr reported that Prouty was accused of searching for her own name, that of her sister, and of Talil Chahine, her brother-in-law. Chahine is "a wanted fugitive thought to have close ties to the leader of Hezbollah," ABC's Pierre Thomas (subscription required) told us. However, noted NBC's Lisa Myers, Prouty herself "is not accused of being a spy."
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