Ethics Group Asks Bush to Revoke Rove's Security Clearance
The ethics watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW)has written a letter to President Bush asking him to direct that Karl Rove's security clearances be revoked as a result of the Plame leak:
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW) sent a letter today to President George Bush requesting that he immediately direct Karl Rove's security clearances be suspended pending the outcome of the government's investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame's identity as an undercover agent for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
As grounds, the group asserted:
"Considering that it is a federal crime to identify covert agents, and that President Bush signed executive orders identifying the vital role the President plays in protecting national security secrets from unauthorized disclosure, it is appropriate for the President to suspend Mr. Rove's clearance pending the investigation's outcome," Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW, said today.
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