US Pakistan expert loses security clearance in federal probe
A US State Department expert on Pakistan was stripped of her security clearance and is part of a federal counterintelligence investigation, two sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Robin Raphel, a retired ambassador who had been an adviser to the State Department's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP), had her house searched about three weeks ago, said a law enforcement source who asked not to be named.
Her security clearance was revoked before her contract was allowed to expire, said a second source who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
