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fountainofyouth

(409 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:53 PM Feb 2017

White House dismisses 6 over failed background checks

Source: Politico

Several White House staffers were dismissed Thursday morning after failing FBI background checks, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Six aides were "walked out of the building by security" on Wednesday after not passing the SF86, a Questionnaire for National Security Positions for security clearance.

Among those whose White House posts were revoked was President Donald Trump’s director of scheduling, Caroline Wiles, the daughter of Susan Wiles, Trump’s Florida campaign manager and former chief of staff to Governor Rick Scott. Wiles was appointed deputy assistant secretary before the inauguration in January. Two sources close to Wiles said she will get another job in Treasury.

She's among others who failed to pass the intensive background check, which includes questions on the applicant's credit score, substance use and other personal subjects.

A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/02/white-house-failed-background-checks-dismissals-235112



Whole article there.

The SF86 is the standard OPM form for a background check to receive security clearance. Clearance can be rejected for a number of reasons, but common ones include a criminal history, severe debt or mismanagement of money, financial conflict of interest, or unexplained foreign travel or associations.
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White House dismisses 6 over failed background checks (Original Post) fountainofyouth Feb 2017 OP
Only 6? Shell_Seas Feb 2017 #1
Ha! Joanie Baloney Feb 2017 #7
Wiles failed an intensive background check Liberalagogo Feb 2017 #2
Dolt45 wouldn't pass an SF86 absyntheminded Feb 2017 #3
I included that just as a general reference fountainofyouth Feb 2017 #4
I didn't see yours until I wrote mine tavalon Feb 2017 #6
Sadly, no fountainofyouth Feb 2017 #8
I'm gobsmacked tavalon Feb 2017 #10
Financial conflict of interest or unexplained foreign associations? tavalon Feb 2017 #5
Doesn't need a form - he gets it my nature of having the job. NutmegYankee Feb 2017 #16
I'm really surprised and since I've been at this for a while, tavalon Feb 2017 #18
Wait. She failed the SF86 so now she's going to work in the Treasury? tanyev Feb 2017 #9
Most jobs in the Government don't require access to classified information. NutmegYankee Feb 2017 #15
LOL. Of course. Actually, the FBI checked us out Hortensis Feb 2017 #11
figures gopiscrap Feb 2017 #12
I guess candidates for president don't have to go through background checks, huh? Pity. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2017 #13
Has Trump taken this test? C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #14
Unbelievable ... pbmus Feb 2017 #17
Have you had ANY contact with Russia, KT2000 Feb 2017 #19
We go through Wellstone ruled Feb 2017 #20
The fine-tuned machine just lost some of its parts frazzled Feb 2017 #21
Well oiled machine? Six? Has anything like this happened under another President? Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #22
Fine-tuned machine, he says meow2u3 Feb 2017 #40
I would not pass this test either. nt TeamPooka Feb 2017 #23
I was arrested for a felony, but passed this. msanthrope Feb 2017 #24
Arrested or convicted? NeoConsSuck Feb 2017 #33
Convicted. Just think about that. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #39
Biggest no-no is to lie on the SF86 renegade000 Feb 2017 #42
Failed the background check - treasury sounds like the perfect spot. nt Lucky Luciano Feb 2017 #25
Bullshit, they were probably thought to be telling us the truth, so they had to go Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #26
Why is Bannon allowed in the White House? meow2u3 Feb 2017 #27
No shit. klook Feb 2017 #31
"Well oiled machine." Needs an upgrade. nt procon Feb 2017 #28
Not even extreme vetting. kairos12 Feb 2017 #29
Lying will get you bounced too lapfog_1 Feb 2017 #30
Aren't you supposed to be screened TNNurse Feb 2017 #32
Interim clearance is my guess fountainofyouth Feb 2017 #34
Remember when Dubya kept changing the number of years he could have passed a security clearance chec keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #35
That wouldn't have necessarily prevented a security clearance. tammywammy Feb 2017 #36
What is Trump's credit score? Glimmer of Hope Feb 2017 #37
Too bad Trump won't undergo a background check. world wide wally Feb 2017 #38
How come Bannon is still there? Equinox Moon Feb 2017 #41

absyntheminded

(216 posts)
3. Dolt45 wouldn't pass an SF86
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:02 PM
Feb 2017

Criminal history, severe debt or mismanagement of money, financial conflict of interest, or unexplained foreign travel or associations.

Doh!

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
6. I didn't see yours until I wrote mine
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:09 PM
Feb 2017

Surely Cheetolinni had to pass the security clearance test, did he not? Surely, Presidents, fake or real, must pass security clearance.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
10. I'm gobsmacked
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:15 PM
Feb 2017

That's fucking insane. I suppose Pence got a pass, too? Well, that explains why no drug screening for our white nosed idiot. That explains an awful lot. That make doesn't make sense. I never considered it before because of course those running this country have to have the highest security clearance.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
5. Financial conflict of interest or unexplained foreign associations?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:07 PM
Feb 2017

How the fuck did SCROTUS (So Called Ruler of The United States) get clearance?

NutmegYankee

(16,201 posts)
16. Doesn't need a form - he gets it my nature of having the job.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:33 PM
Feb 2017

The dumbest people in this country felt he deserved the clearance with their vote.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
18. I'm really surprised and since I've been at this for a while,
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:35 PM
Feb 2017

I thought I knew all the minutiae, and this is kind of a big one to miss.

NutmegYankee

(16,201 posts)
15. Most jobs in the Government don't require access to classified information.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:31 PM
Feb 2017

No security clearance needed for the treasury.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. LOL. Of course. Actually, the FBI checked us out
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:16 PM
Feb 2017

when my husband went to work for the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena and needed a top secret clearance. Dumb us, the first we knew what this actually meant was when our friends told us they were being asked questions about us. I'm not entirely proud that he had such an unintresting wife. I'd actually like my history to include some problems, but I was home raising children in those days, my most radical involvements with the PTA and a monthly donation to the ACLU. That's my excuse anyway.

KT2000

(20,588 posts)
19. Have you had ANY contact with Russia,
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:35 PM
Feb 2017

Russians either in the US or in Russia? Have any Russian citizens been in your home? etc

these were the questions asked of my friend who did federal retirement for federal employees. Her neighbors were asked if they knew of any contact with Russians by my friend and whether or not Russian were seen at her house.
FFS - how is this nest of traitors in the WH able to bypass what all federal employees are required to pass for security reasons.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
21. The fine-tuned machine just lost some of its parts
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:40 PM
Feb 2017

I suspect it's going to grind to a halt or explode sometime very soon.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)
40. Fine-tuned machine, he says
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 10:10 PM
Feb 2017

This White House is about as fine-tuned a machine as one in need of a valve job!

renegade000

(2,301 posts)
42. Biggest no-no is to lie on the SF86
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:26 PM
Feb 2017

If you're honest about your colorful past, you may get more scrutiny, but you'll still likely "pass" (unless you admit to being something like an Al Qaeda sleeper agent or something extreme, lol).

Given the pervasive dishonest of the Trump people, I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of people got caught misrepresenting/lying on the form.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,121 posts)
26. Bullshit, they were probably thought to be telling us the truth, so they had to go
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:33 PM
Feb 2017

Remember, they never, not ever, not once ever tell the truth.

keithbvadu2

(36,937 posts)
35. Remember when Dubya kept changing the number of years he could have passed a security clearance chec
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:28 PM
Feb 2017

Remember when Dubya kept changing the number of years he could have passed a security clearance check because he could not remember how long he had not used drugs?

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
36. That wouldn't have necessarily prevented a security clearance.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:37 PM
Feb 2017

The thing is to admit it not lie about it. Well a president doesn't have to pass the screening anyway.

world wide wally

(21,755 posts)
38. Too bad Trump won't undergo a background check.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 09:52 PM
Feb 2017

In particular, the part about their financial history (hint: his fucking income tax forms)

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