White House security clearances matter

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EDITORIALS
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, February 18, 2018, 4:00 AM

... more than 100 officials still work under provisional security clearances ...

Prior administrations — Republican and Democrat — saw clearances imperiled or revoked for matters as seemingly inconsequential as a disputed $200 heating bill or high levels of debt.

Chief of staff John Kelly’s reported clearance overhaul (including presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner) isn’t enough. Relevant congressional committees should immediately demand a full catalog of all staffers operating on temporary clearances after 12 months on the job, and demand convincing reasons they should keep the privilege, and their positions.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/clear-not-close-article-1.3825807

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1. Jared could be out in the cold

Updated Feb 17, 4:15 PM; Posted Feb 17, 4:14 PM
By The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - ... Chief of Staff .. Kelly announced Friday .. that beginning next week, the White House will no longer allow some employees with interim security clearances access to top-secret information ...

Kushner .. has been able to see some of the nation's most sensitive secrets even as his background investigation has dragged on for more than a year.

White House officials have privately discussed concerns that Kushner's clearance faces obstacles, according to people familiar with internal conversations who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private talks. Among the potential problems: repeated amendments that he had to make to a form detailing his contacts with foreign officials. Two U.S. officials said they do not expect Kushner to receive a permanent security clearance in the near future, The Washington Post reported this week.

... Kushner has maintained an interim security clearance that gives him access to top-secret and sensitive compartmented information -- a rare level of access to hold for a long period of time, experts said. His elite position has allowed him to meet with foreign officials around the world and read the classified intelligence prepared daily for the president ...

http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/02/jared_kushner_could_be_out_in.html

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2. Some employees..WTF - no employee without a security clearance should have access to classified

intelligence...do we now have classified intelligence in the hands of our enemy??? this is a national emergency..

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3. Keep at this. This again I say this is a main artery to strike at. -eom