holmes435 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:22 am
old salt wrote: ↑Tue Jan 29, 2019 12:11 am
Kushner lost SCI access when Kelly tightened up on interim clearances. He never regained it because Trump was not willing to override the CIA recommendation. The reporting does not specify how much SCI matl he actually requested or saw while he had the interim clearance. The report just said he requested a lot of classified matl, without specifying the classification levels of the matl requested.
Given his background & diverse portfolio, he had a lot to learn.
To see SCI matl you have to have a SCI clearance
and a documented need to know, based on your duties. You have to be assigned duties which require it or make the case why you need access. If you just walk into the SCIF & review the daily message traffic, you won't see anything higher than TS.
So how big of a deal is it to be rejected for a clearance by multiple people, then have that decision overridden? Or how often do you think that happens? Outside of the few dozen under Trump.
It's a big deal & hardly ever happens, because someone that inexperienced is almost never placed in a position that requires that level of classification, ...unless elected into the position (Pres, VP, & Congress).
We still don't know what/ how much/ if any SCI stuff he saw. If Cummins comm does not produce specifics on that aspect, you'll know there's not a reason for concern.
I wonder which SCI clearance holder leaked these intercepts to the Wash Post :
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... ed-n962221
The Washington Post, citing current and former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter, reported last February that officials in at least four countries had privately discussed ways they could manipulate Kushner by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience.
Among those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their advantage, according to the current and former officials, were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico, the Post reported.
Whoever from those countries was talking about Kushner now know we can listen in.
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