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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:29 PM Mar 2019

NPR: Mark Zaid explains that DT could even give sensitive intelligence to Putin if he wanted to.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/01/699407475/what-you-need-to-know-about-security-clearances-inside-and-outside-the-white-hou?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20190302

Does Trump have the power to overrule them?

Yes. It is an executive branch function, and as chief executive the president has the ultimate authority.

Not only did President Trump have authority to give his son in law and adviser Kushner clearance, the president "could conceivably give Vladimir Putin a security clearance," says Mark Zaid, a Washington attorney who specializes in national security cases.

He said the president can furthermore declassify "the family jewels" — meaning secret documents — "and give them to Putin," if he wanted to.

Unlikely as that may seem, Zaid he could find no other occasions where a president has actively involved himself in granting, or withdrawing a security clearance.
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NPR: Mark Zaid explains that DT could even give sensitive intelligence to Putin if he wanted to. (Original Post) pnwmom Mar 2019 OP
K&R!!! Anon-C Mar 2019 #1
Looking at tRumps actions he most likely already has... uff......... nt mitch96 Mar 2019 #2
Again? Still? keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3
He already did that with Lavrov and Kislyak in the WH. brush Mar 2019 #4
This is something that needs to change. OliverQ Mar 2019 #5
a mobster shouldn't be president Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #6

brush

(53,787 posts)
4. He already did that with Lavrov and Kislyak in the WH.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:17 AM
Mar 2019

Who knows what else he's told Putin in their meeting where he made sure no Americans were there.

 

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)
5. This is something that needs to change.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 01:49 AM
Mar 2019

A President should not have unilateral say in who gets security clearances or who gets access to top secret intel.

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