Plame case leakers must go
Re “Rove’s Security Clearance Widely Questioned,” Nov. 6
It is difficult to imagine a greater betrayal of the public trust than a high government official, in time of war, leaking the name and identity of a covert CIA agent to a syndicated columnist as petty partisan revenge for the agent’s husband publishing an Op-Ed article criticizing the president.
Regardless of whether laws were broken, if White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove or any other Bush administration official was involved in such conduct with respect to the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame, that person should not merely lose his top-secret clearance, he should resign.
STEPHEN A. SILVER
Walnut Creek
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