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From: "Mario Profaca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 2, 2007 8:27:09 AM PDT
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Subject: [SPY NEWS] Hush-Hush: Rove's Security Clearance Renewal
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/01/
AR2007070101036.html
Hush-Hush: Rove's Security Clearance Renewal
By Michael A. Fletcher
Monday, July 2, 2007; A17
Should White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove be privy to the
nation's most sensitive secrets? Did he break trust with President
Bush and the nation when he told syndicated columnist Robert D.
Novak about Valerie Plame's classified job with the CIA? Did he
further erode that trust in 2003 when he told then-White House
press secretary Scott McClellan that, as McClellan put it, there
was "no truth" to rumors that he played a role in the disclosure of
Plame's identity?
Rove, of course, was investigated by special prosecutor Patrick J.
Fitzgerald in the CIA leak case but was never charged. His security
clearance was renewed after a reinvestigation in late 2006, which
has puzzled Rep . Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House
Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
In a letter sent last week to White House Counsel Fred F. Fielding,
Waxman alleged that Rove's actions amounted to a violation of
presidential guidelines that say "deliberate or negligent
disclosure" of classified information can disqualify a staffer from
future access to such material. Also being less than forthcoming,
even about unintentional breaches, can be cause for revoking a
security clearance.
"Under these standards, it is hard to see how Mr. Rove would
qualify for renewal of his security clearance," Waxman wrote.
White House spokesman Tony Fratto said he could not discuss details
but that Rove's "clearance was appropriately renewed as part of the
regular process that occurs every five years."
Not-So-Open Government
This Independence Day marks 40 years since implementation of the
Freedom of Information Act, the law aimed at ensuring public access
to government records. Just last week, FOIA led to the release of
information from the recesses of the CIA's files, offering details
of assassination plots, domestic spying and drug experiments.
But a survey being released today by the National Security Archive,
an independent research institute, found that the federal
government is often slow in responding to FOIA requests. In fact,
requests with some executive agencies have been pending for as long
as two decades. The oldest request turned up in the audit was filed
with the State Department by the Church of Scientology
International in May 1987 -- half a lifetime ago for the law. The
church wants to see information related to it that is held by
State. It was among 10 FOIA requests that have been pending with
the department for 15 years or more.
"The Internet grew into adulthood in less time than it has taken
our federal government to deal with these outstanding Freedom of
Information requests," said Eric Newton, vice president of
journalism programs at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation,
which supports the archive's FOIA audits. "Americans once said they
had the best open-government laws in the world. Is that still true?"
And you thought Vice President Cheney could keep a secret.
Slouching Toward Vermont?
Bush's speech at the Naval War College last week marked the first
visit to Rhode Island of his presidency. After arriving on Air
Force One, Bush took a helicopter tour of the tall ships gathered
in Newport Harbor for a festival. The stop left just one state that
Bush has not visited as president: Vermont. Like Rhode Island, Bush
lost Vermont in both 2000 and 2004, so don't expect him to head
there for Ben & Jerry's anytime soon.
According to Mark Knoller of CBS News, the master unofficial
archivist of the White House, it took Bill Clinton until seven
years and 11 months into his presidency to visit all 50 states,
making it to Nebraska in December 2000. George H.W. Bush, on the
other hand, hit all 50 states in three years and two months. Ronald
Reagan never made it to all 50, according to Knoller -- he visited 46.
Lest We Forgot
Maybe it was the school setting, but Bush was leaving nothing to
chance in explaining the world to the audience at the Naval War
College. "Remember," he said at one point, "when I mention al-
Qaeda, they're the ones who attacked the United States of America
and killed nearly 3,000 people on September the 11th, 2001."
Oh, that al-Qaeda.
Energy Displacement
Aimee Whitelaw, deputy director of public affairs at the Department
of Energy, is said to be moving over to the White House in two
weeks to replace Jonathan D. Felts as assistant to Vice President/
Sen. Cheney for political affairs.
Four Years and Countless Gaffes Ago . . .
Today marks the fourth anniversary of one of Bush's most memorable
and -- he has said -- most regrettable lines. Asked about insurgent
attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, the president responded with what
many observers perceived as a taunt: "Bring 'em on."
At the time, Bush's words drew frowns from those who found them
unbecoming of the most powerful man in the world. Now, given how
events have unfolded, they are downright haunting. Bush has since
acknowledged that his response "sent the wrong signal to people."
The words came two months after another famous Bush quote, this one
spoken from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln: "Major combat
operations in Iraq have ended."
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