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Both a Secret and Top Secret security clearance require a background investigation. The background investigation for a Top Secret clearance is more in-depth than a Secret clearance. My expectation would be that if someone with a Secret clearance failed the more in-depth investigation for a Top Secret clearance, not only would the Top Secret clearance not be granted, the Secret clearance would be revoked.
Jared, being a novice to government service, Jared did not have a Secret clearance when the more in-depth Top Secret clearance was conducted. Because Jared could not pass a background check for a Top Secret clearance, my expectation would be that he also would not get a Secret clearance.
My understanding is that Jared has not received a Secret clearance but is simply being given access to Secret material without the clearance. While I appreciate that the President can give access to any classified material to anyone he wants, what is really being done is that the President is giving a person who could not pass a background check access to Secret material. IMHO, such a blatant disregard for the security of the U.S. to benefit a family member, while not criminal, is an impeachable abuse of power.
tblue37
(65,487 posts)poboy2
(2,078 posts)HAMMER
The WH needs to keep being HAMMERED on this.
ALL those w/failed or provisional clearance MUST GO NOW.
THERE IS NO WORKAROUND.
GO
NOW
National Security is at stake.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)why Jar Jar cannot get a clearance. Not only did he DO things in the past but he is currently DOING things that preclude him from getting a clearance.
Rosenstein must know that Jar Jar is going to be indicted soon.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)Mueller is following a classic prosecutorial strategy - a move from the periphery to the center. If you trace the concentric circles, Jared ought to coming soon.
poboy2
(2,078 posts)He is HAMMER TIME on this.
Calling ALL non-cleared staff to resign.
THAT is what needs a chorus.
TomSlick
(11,109 posts)BUT THE E-MAILS!