The Jared Kushner Security Clearance Noise

American Thinker ^ | 03/21/2019 | By Aynaz Anni Cyrus

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On March 5, 2019, Democrats and their mainstream media allies tried to deploy yet another tactic in their endless efforts to disrupt the internal working of the Trump administration. This time, it was over the matter of security clearances. National security in the White House is a strange issue for Democrats to pursue now, given the recent history of the Obama administration.

For just one stunning example among several, Huma Abedin not long ago had a high-level security clearance in the Obama White House. As Hillary Clinton's longtime assistant, Huma held that clearance while working as a top aide to Hillary — Obama's secretary of state. That clearance continued despite warnings from five members of Congress, who as early as 2012 alleged that Abedin had "immediate family connections to foreign extremist organizations," which they said were "potentially disqualifying conditions for obtaining a security clearance." But now Democrats are pretending to be intensely concerned about potential threats to American security by scrutinizing the current president's own close family members.

Huma is not just any random Muslim from just any nominally Muslim family. In fact, the ties of her family to dangerous operatives of the Muslim Brotherhood should terrify you.

Curiously, while Huma was a George Washington University student in 1996, she began working as an intern in the White House. Well, there are a lot of interns who come and go. So that part is not necessarily so scary. But Huma did not stop there. Right away, she somehow became assigned to then–first lady Hillary Clinton. Gaining that key job was a stunning jump for a 19-year-old Muslim student, who moved directly into close association with the top levels of power in America. She held that close position over the next two decades.

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Like it or not, the president is the ultimate authority regarding access to classified material, as well as the classification of such material. Theoretically, for White House personnel, an FBI background check is done, but president is under no obligation to follow the FBI’s recommendation. Numerous former presidents have granted security clearances for questionable staffers. Whether or not you think a given staffer should have a clearance, the president is the sole arbiter.