Porter Goss: “it looks like the fox is back in the hen house one more time. Here we go again, another Clinton White House official in…”

“it looks like the fox is back in the hen house one more time. Here we go again, another Clinton White House official in trouble over ethical problems. I read in the Washington Times this morning an answer to a question I asked here a week or two ago, why are we having stalling on these passes at the White House for security clearances? National security is a matter of some concern to us, especially with all the terrorism we see going around today. I discover we have a gentleman who has been reprimanded once by the way he handled the Travelgate situation, Mr. Kennedy, a member of the Rose law firm apparently, who has been put in charge of the passes. Maybe that explains why we have got a backlog. Quoting from the paper, it says ``Mr. Kennedy's failure to routinely pass the reports on to Secret Service for review resulted in a long backlog of employees awaiting clearance for a permanent pass, according to congressional and administration officials.'' It goes on to say, ``Of about 1,000 FBI background checks of White House personnel, more than 500 revealed derogatory information that would have prevented the people from obtaining security clearances at the FBI, Defense Department, or CIA, said an administration source.'' And these people are making decisions.”