Posted on 02/11/2018 10:34:55 AM PST by Kaslin
Today on NBC's Meet the Press, White House Legislative Director, Marc Short, defended the process used to vet and hire staffers within the administration The White House’s clearing process has fallen under scrutiny since Rob Porter, a former top aide to President Trump, resigned after graphic details of alleged domestic abuse surfaced earlier this week.
Meet the Press' host, Chuck Todd, asked Short what missteps were taken by the White House in hiring Rob Porter.
Short responded, saying that many in the White House considered Porter to be a friend and an outstanding worker. But, Short emphasized that there is “no tolerance for domestic abuse. And there can be no tolerance for violence against women and we have to be absolutely clear about that.”
As for how exactly Porter’s sordid past did not prevent him from being given a position in the White House, Short explained the process used to hire staffers. “I think there was probably some -- in the process some lack of communication between different elements in the White House. But keep in mind Chuck, this is the same process in the administration that the Obama administration used, the Bush administration used and others, and that the FBI runs this clearance process,” he told Todd.
Short then emphasized that as soon as Chief of Staff General John Kelly learned the full extent of the allegations, Porter was off the job job within 24 hours. “…they provide somebody an interim security clearance, that means that they’ve done an initial vet and say, this person is okay, there are some mitigating circumstances we’re going to continue to investigate. We had not received a final investigation. When General Kelly learned the depth of the nature of the accusations Tuesday night, by Wednesday morning Rob Porter submitted his resignation.”
Todd pressed Short as to how it was possible that General Kelly did not know earlier, Short again returned to the fact they were using the same clearing process as previous administrations. When asked why staffers such as President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, receive certain information, Short maintained that the president "has not waived any security clearances."
Many in the media and political circles have speculated that General Kelly, or others in the White House, should step down for failing to fully vet Rob Porter.
Short should have turned the tables on F Chuck and asked how it was possible that NBC did not know earlier about Matt Lauer's reprehensible behavior.
We conduct security clearances exactly how Obama did.
Which is to say not at all. Hahahahahaha.
Suck on THAT fake media.
Didn’t Bill Clinton’s team decline the background checks because they knew some staff wouldn’t pass?
Didn’t Bill Clinton’s team decline the background checks because they knew some staff wouldn’t pass?
NBC knew, they just didn’t care until it became public.
But they were demeaned....gimme a break...lotsa wives are pretty nasty.
My son's ex....is a monster. I don't know how he's survived.
I am familiar with security clearance procedure. First, visit ex wives. What did she say then?
He did. Twice but he did not mention Lauer’s name.
Yes, according to Gary Aldrich’s book “Unlimited Access”. He was the FBI agent in charge of background checks. He told of Clinton Admin skirting the security process. I can only imagine that the Obama scum were far worse.
This whole mess is principally a deep state attack to force John Kelly out of the WH. Kelly is key to providing trusted military security for the President.ds
Lying FBI agents doing the background checking could be part of the “insurance policy”.
The left is trying to make an issue out of this as usual but I think the majority of people don’t give a damn about it. Everyone know that sometime you hire a bad apple regardless of what you to do to avoid it. You dismiss the person immediately and move on.
I don’t see Kelly going anywhere. This is all left wing bull crap.
There’s the problem.
I blame the 0bama stay behinds and Progressive Resistance.
They are slow walking all of the work and approvals.
If they were actually working, they could have discovered this months ago
Obama's disqualifications for ANY clearance, even 'CONFIDENTIAL' are NUMEROUS to include his close associations with ACTIVE COMMUNISTS and WORSE..
One Big Arse Mistake, America. His damage to America is INCALCULABLE.
"Fruit of the poison tree". This applies to every individual awarded clearances within the Obama administration. For example, the moment Susan Rice said Bergdahl "served with honor and distinction", HER SECURITY CLEARANCES SHOULD'VE BEEN PULLED. Oh yeah and she ILLEGALLY SPIED ON TEAM TRUMP MEMBERS and I believe SHE is the one who FORGED Samantha Power's signature on the unmasking requests.
Clinton changed the clearance requirements dramatically to include allowing admitted drug users to gain TS clearances. Previous to that, any drug use would be disqualifying. Otherwise, half his staff wouldn’t have been allowed in any national security position.
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