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Report: Kushner Requests More Intel Than Other White House Staff Despite No Permanent Security ClearanceWhite House senior adviser Jared Trump has made more requests for classified intelligence information than almost any other member of White House staff, despite not having a final security clearance, The Washington Post reports. Kushners requests for information are surpassed only by staffers on the National Security Council, a source familiar with the matter was quoted as saying. Kushnerwhose background investigation has hit several snags and is still ongoing more than a year after he joined the Trump administrationis one of dozens of staffers operating with an interim security clearance. He is allowed access to the presidents daily briefings along with a slew of other top-secret documents. White House officials have reportedly expressed concerns about Kushners security clearance in private, including Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, who on Friday announced major changes to the clearance process. Starting next week, new interim clearances will be limited to 270 days, and some staffers whose clearances have been pending since before last June will be cut off. Kelly has reportedly said he is aware these changes may affect Kushner, who one official described as having a bulls eye on him under the new policies.
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spanone
(135,862 posts)underpants
(182,868 posts)At last we know what his job is.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)This is a kakistocracy on steroids
HipChick
(25,485 posts)This is the same dude that was trying to setup a safe spot inside the Russian Embassy..so FBI could not listen..
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,086 posts)they ought to be presumed not eligible for clearance unless they can resolve the snag in 90 days.
279 days is far too long - especially if there are identified issues with granting permanent security clearance.
I thinks 279 days is too long, generally, but I'm willing to live with it as long as there aren't obvious indicia that perhaps this individual shouldn't have a security clearance. I also think access should not be granted until cleared - or, at a minimum, cut off immediately when the first snag show up. And I don't think even the most squeaky clean candidate should have access beyond 90 days without that apparent squeaky-cleanness being confirmed.
So I think a 90 day cut-off for anyone with a hint of trouble, and 270 for everyone else is a reasonable compromise.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)Did they really refer to him as a tRump?