Reply #113: BURY the White House in e mail: [e-mail] [View All]

[chomskysright]

July 18, 2005

Mr. President:


'Appropriate sanctions' would be in order pertaining to Mr. Rove's behavior pertaining to the outing of a CIA agent who was involving herself in out national security.

Please fire, Mr. Rove, Mr. President.

Sincerely,



Per Mr. Waxman's letter to you today, Mr. President:

"Your new standard is not consistent with your obligations to enforce
Executive Order 12958, which governs the protection of national security
secrets. The executive order states: "Officers and employees of the United
States Government ... shall be subject to appropriate sanctions if they
knowingly, willfully, or negligently ... disclose to unauthorized persons
information properly classified." <3> Under the executive order, the
available sanctions include "reprimand, suspension without pay, removal,
termination of classification authority, loss or denial of access to classified
information, or other sanctions." <4> ..."