it cites the example of tom malinowski. the 1990's, he served as a special assistant to president bill clinton and as a speechwriter to secretary of state madeleine albright. then he became hrw's washington advocacy director. last year, he left the organization after being nominated as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labor under john kerry. the letter also notes a former cia analyst and miguel diaz who sat on the human rights watch advisor committee from 2003-2011. diaz is now at the state department. the letter urges human rights watch to bar those who have crossed it or executed u.s. foreign-policy from serving as or board advisers, members. >> executive director kenneth roth has defended his organization's independence. in a recent letter to the nobel laureates, he wrote -- he went on to highlight the group's history of criticizing u.s. human rights record. he wrote -- today we host a debate. reed brody is counsel and spokesperson for human rights watch and worked as lead counsel for the vict