Rearranging the Chairs

If you've already got your Salon day pass anyway, why don't you go have a look at this item by Tim Grieve. He points us to a post by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta over at Think Progress that wonders whether the White House shake up has resulted in the revocation of Karl Rove's security clearance. Grieve then offers some speculation of his own.

It's possible, I suppose, but when you realize that such a move would depend upon a serious, sober White House determined to take responsibility for its mistakes and misjudgments, you realize that it's highly unlikely. In an update to the Salon post, Grieve points out that outgoing press secretary Scotty-boy McClellan (you remember him--the guy who insisted that Rove and Libby had nothing to do with the Valerie Plame leak and the Prez would fire anyone who did) insists that of course Rove would keep his security clearance. Why would we have ever doubted?