Foggo went a-courtin'

Curiouser and curiouser.

Now, in emails today, several readers noted the fact that at the time of her firing, McCarthy was working in the CIA's Inspector General's office, the same office that was then investigating Foggo and not more than a few weeks after McCarthy's firing would participating in raids on Foggo's home and office.

Is there some connection here? My professional instincts tell me not to jump to conclusions based on what are likely coincidences or press for the nefarious and complex explanation when the banal and simple ones are more common. Some version of this is what I emailed to readers.

But my experience with this case -- and by that I mean the whole thing leading back the Cunningham part of the story -- points in a somewhat different direction. At most every point there's been much more going on under the surface of the story than was known at the time. And that's continued to be the case over the last couple weeks.

Pretty soon we'll all need tinfoil hats.