homersapien 11,396 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 The guy that overruled them is part of the Trump administration: WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application for a top-secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but their supervisor overruled the recommendation and approved the clearance, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News. The official, Carl Kline, is a former Pentagon employee who was installed as director of the personnel security office in the Executive Office of the President in May 2017. Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top-secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information, the two sources said. They said the number of rejections that were overruled was unprecedented — it had happened only once in the three years preceding Kline's arrival. The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information, said the Trump White House attracted many people with untraditional backgrounds who had complicated financial and personal histories, some of which raised red flags. Kushner's FBI background check identified questions about his family's business, his foreign contacts, his foreign travel and meetings he had during the campaign, the sources said, declining to be more specific....... Read the rest at: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/officials-rejected-jared-kushner-top-secret-security-clearance-were-overruled-n962221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuCivilEng1 11,012 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Seems a little swampy to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, AuCivilEng1 said: Seems a little swampy to me. You are insulting swamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,396 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well, it's hardly a surprise that an administration that colluded with Russia would circumvent security clearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,431 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 If yall kept up with politics over the years, you know this SOP. I wont do equivalences here but this is nothing at all new and each side beats up the other with it regularly. https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/1994/03/25/the-clinton-security-clearance-melt-down-no-gate-demonstrates-its-the-people-stupid-2/ They were later given a papal blessing and all certified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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