Official: Trump team overruled 25 security clearance denials

AP ^ | 1 Apr 19 | Chad Day

[heshtesh]

Perhaps. But apparently unlike you I’m not a supporter of the Javanka agenda.

I would ask what agenda, what have they influenced President Trump on that has been a serious detriment to the country or the citizens?

[Secret Agent Man]

If we actually had unbiased investigative reporting, it would be put in contextby looking at what the last modern presidents through Reagan, did.

[Secret Agent Man]

Does this reporter know Hillary broke actual national security laws thousands of times, and she’s still roaming free?

[VTenigma]

I have only two words to say about this: Choom Gang.

[Hardastarboard]

EXACTLY! You are exactly right.

[Robert DeLong]

I’m more concerned as to how John Brennan passed a security clearance.

[Vendome]

So?

He is the President and if my daughter and son in law needed security clearances, I would not be an antisemitic jerk and deny them...

[cquiggy]

I can’t remember his name but didn’t Obama have an old high school friend who liked to hang out at the White House and didn’t this friend have a felony record?

[nascarnation]

Somebody from the old "Choom Gang" ?

[17th Miss Regt]

I still wanna know how John Brennan, CPUSA, got his ...

It was the will of Allah!

[Sheapdog]

I remember during the Clinton years it was consistently said on news channels that hundreds of Clinton appointments and staff were lacking proper security clearances. They just kept extending special waivers every 6 months or yearly and it stopped becoming news or much of a big deal. It was mostly presumed people wouldn’t clear a proper drug screening so no big deal.

[Sheapdog]

I remember during the Clinton years it was consistently said on news channels that hundreds of Clinton appointments and staff were lacking proper security clearances. They just kept extending special waivers every 6 months or yearly and it stopped becoming news or much of a big deal. It was mostly presumed people wouldn’t clear a proper drug screening so no big deal.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks...

[DoughtyOne]

Thank you...

[fini]

"Lots of people are initially denied clearances until the issues are understood and reviewed by higher authority. The President is the final authority. People who have traveled and lived overseas often find it hard to list all of their associates and relatives. Just review the govt websites and look at what you must disclose. The older and more complex your life and accomplishments make it harder to get a clearance."

Ha, ha, so right. I was the Coalition Logistics Chief for Multi-National Force Iraq. I worked with all 31-32 coalition forces. I knew more about what the Eastern European forces were doing than the US forces. When I had to fill out my next security clearance back ground check it wanted me to list all of my foreign contacts. I listed all of the countries that I dealt with and stated that the contacts were too numerous for me to list and most I did not remember their names. When interviewed for the security renewal, the interviewer (former military) asked what I meant, so he could put it in his interview brief. So I said, "imagine working at the UN for months and months than being asked a year later to list all contacts."

[rlmorel]

Read the excellent Gary Aldrich book Unlimited Access about the security drill in the Clinton White House. Never heard a word about it. Ever. They didn't even bother with security clearances.

[rlmorel]

Yep. Spot on.

[blueplum]

an 18-year government employee who oversees the issuance of clearances for some senior White House aides

an 18yo? an 18yo. And who made the decision to hire a 18yo to 'oversee' clearances?????

[Roccus]

WHO HIRED CRAIG LIVINGSTONE?

[blueplum]

oops, disregard the above. Speed-reading again