Rove's Security Clearance Widely Questioned

[struggle4progress]

Federal workers under suspicion of smaller lapses have had access to classified data yanked.

By Peter Wallsten and Tom Hamburger, Times Staff Writers

WASHINGTON — An intelligence analyst temporarily lost his top-secret security clearance because he faxed his resume using a commercial machine.

An employee of the Defense Department had her clearance suspended for months because a jilted boyfriend called to say she might not be reliable.

An Army officer who spoke publicly about intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks had his clearance revoked over questions about $67 in personal charges to a military cellphone.

But in the White House, where Karl Rove is under federal investigation for his role in the exposure of a covert CIA officer, the longtime advisor to President Bush continues to enjoy full access to government secrets. <snip>

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-rove6nov06,0,7623243.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Eric J in MN]

1. Cool way to put it in context (nt)

nt

[bullimiami]

2. hey a bunch of soldiers are in jail for torturing people.

bush, cheney, rummy etc are living the high life at our expense.