Kathleen Blomquist
Kathleen Blomquist | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | government official, lawyer |
Kathleen Blomquist is a Washington official and Republican campaigner. In 2002 Blomquist was the Director of Media Relations for the White House Commission on Special Education.[1][2] According to her biography at the Commission her previous work experience was as "director of advance" for the "Schundler for Governor" campaign, in New Jersey, "lead press advance representative for the 2000 Bush-Cheney presidential campaign, and worked for a "public affairs practice" in New York, as a writer for the US Army's public affairs office in Germany and for the National Review. In 2006 the Department of Justice listed her as a "Senior Counsel", and as an Associate Director of the DoJ's Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison, and a member of the Department's Task Force on Intellectual Property.[3]
On November 5, 2006, Blomquist offered an explanation as to why lawyers for Guantanamo captive Majid Khan were not being allowed access to his case, even though they had clearance for informaton classified as "secret".[4] According to Blomquist their security clearances would have been high enough for most captives, but, because Khan had been in CIA custody, they needed "top secret" clearances.
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- ↑ "A New Era: Revitalizing Special Education for Children and their families" (PDF). President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-21. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ↑ "Archived: Kathleen Blomquist -- President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education's Staff". US Department of Education. 2002-03-11. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
- ↑ "Progress Report of the department of justice's Task force on intellectual property" (PDF). US Department of Justice. 2006-06-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-21. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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Scott Shane (2006-11-05). "Detainees' Access to Lawyers Is Security Risk, C.I.A. Says". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
Kathleen Blomquist, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said procedures currently in effect at Guantánamo were adequate only for handling information classified as secret, while information regarding the former C.I.A. detainees was classified as top secret.