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Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled

Bullseye said:
Congratulations to Mr. Kline for avoiding the pandemic of Russophobia that is destroying the minds of left wingers.
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Makes me wonder with that comment if you aren't one of those folks wearing a 'I would rather be russian than a democrat' t-shirts?
 
apdst said:
The last Democrat president already did it. Where was your outrage, then?

Speaking of precedent-n-all.
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Please provide a link showing how Obama installed a guy that overrode FBI career officers decisions and granted 30 people clearance over their objections.
 
bongsaway said:
Makes me wonder with that comment if you aren't one of those folks wearing a 'I would rather be russian than a democrat' t-shirts?
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Are you one of those Progressives who thinks 1984 is a how-to book.
 
HumblePi said:
Jared Kushner should have never been given a top security clearance. But, a Trump appointed Pentagon director of personnel security overruled two others who had rejected Kushner's security clearance.


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/officials-rejected-jared-kushner-top-secret-security-clearance-were-overruled-n962221

Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled

Jan. 24, 2019, 8:14 PM EST
By Laura Strickler, Ken Dilanian and Peter Alexander

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.
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So...what's the problem?
 
Slavister said:
Please provide a link showing how Obama installed a guy that overrode FBI career officers decisions and granted 30 people clearance over their objections.
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I already posted a link about Ben Rhodes' being denied a security clearance.
 
bongsaway said:
We did decide with a couple more million votes than trump but somehow the dems lost?
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Yes.

That's what happens when you choose a stupid candidate.
 
bongsaway said:
We did decide with a couple more million votes than trump but somehow the dems lost?
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And you won every state where you had the most votes, quit complaining
 
Bullseye said:
Best you can do is call names?
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After two years of kissing Trump's ass you are offended at being referred to as a 'trumper' ? Coming from a trump-hater who never once complained about being referred to as a 'snowflake' for 2 years, don't expect sympathy or any apology from me.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
However Deep State's hate for Trump being what it is.....
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What does that mean, exactly -- that there was no legitimate reason to deny Jared clearance? The CIA completely refused to give him the highest clearance after conducting their own background check. I guess they were being arbitrary and capricious also,
 
MTAtech said:
What does that mean, exactly -- that there was no legitimate reason to deny Jared clearance? The CIA completely refused to give him the highest clearance after conducting their own background check. I guess they were being arbitrary and capricious also,
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The CIA doesn't do background checks; the FBI does. The CIA doesn't have the authority to grant, nor deny security clearances to administration personel.
 
HumblePi said:
After two years of kissing Trump's ass you are offended at being referred to as a 'trumper' ? Coming from a trump-hater who never once complained about being referred to as a 'snowflake' for 2 years, don't expect sympathy or any apology from me.
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They can dish it out but they can't take it at all.

They are the real snowflakes.
 
apdst said:
The CIA doesn't do background checks; the FBI does. The CIA doesn't have the authority to grant, nor deny security clearances to administration personel.
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You might want to look into that a bit more about the cia.
 
HumblePi said:
After two years of kissing Trump's ass you are offended at being referred to as a 'trumper' ? Coming from a trump-hater who never once complained about being referred to as a 'snowflake' for 2 years, don't expect sympathy or any apology from me.
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LOL, I haven't been here for two years. So now you're lying as well as tossing out insults. Oh, and I'd never expect an apology from you; you don't have the class.
 
bongsaway said:
Ask the cia and fbi, they turned down his request for the clearance not me.
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Stand up and read my post again; apparently it went over your head the first time.
 
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