“Federal workers under suspicion of smaller lapses [than Karl Rove’s] have had access to classified data yanked,” reports the LA Times via Keith Olbermann’s daily newsletter:
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 [although] Karl Rove is under federal investigation for his role in the exposure of a covert CIA officer, [he enjoys] full access to government secrets. (LAT)
Newsie8200 asks Bush: “You promised to fire anyone involved in the leak … Last week’s indictment makes clear that Official A [Karl Rove] was involved. Are you going to fire Karl Rove?”
And Raw Story has this, as yet unlinked: “Lawyers: Leak prosecutor still trying to ascertain if Rove lied to FBI… Soon…” Update [2005-11-7 13:39:21 by susanhu]: Jason Leopold’s story is up now.
— Image found at The Heretic blog. And check out Catnip’s story last night, “A Roveless White House.”
