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Dont twist my post-this type of elected official who puts politics above protection cant be trusted. I guess we look at the same event just the opposite, I see it that he wants to know what is going on and as the top elected official I feel he should. I do not want to twist your post but I assume you feel he should be left out of the loop of what is going on between his subordinates and the FBI

This is an ongoing story, Vera Katz was mayor before this guy. Neither one of them wanted to be on the task force based on the Patriot Act. But now he is saying he wants access to the secrets his subordinates have. In some cases that might happen, i.e, the CIA director sees most of the info coming in, but not all. What he doesnt know he cant tell. The left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing and all of that. Im not against elected officials having clearances, but certain politicians just plain cant be trusted. Remember Hillarys FBI files?

I see it that he wants to know what is going on and as the top elected official I feel he should.

Normally, this would be a reasonable assumption. The mayor ought to be able to have the highest security clearance of anyone in his/her jurisdiction.

The problem in Portland is that from what I understand the mayor has some serious issues that popped up during his background check and the feds are *unwilling* to give him a clearance. Nobody is saying what those issues are.

Seems to me that without knowing *why* he is unable to pass the background check, any speculation beyond that is fruitless. Having had many people under me go through background checks and getting clearances in spite of some spotty past problems, I'm guessing that just maybe the concerns that the feds have might be warranted.

This strikes me as a completely juvenile reaction to a real problem. The consequences for the city could be obscene. But self-important idealogues don't care about that.