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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:02 PM Apr 2019

Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied

Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied by career officials

By Tom Hamburger ,
Rachael Bade and
Ashley Parker


The senior White House official whose security clearance was denied last year because of concerns about foreign influence, private business interests and personal conduct is presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to people familiar with documents and testimony provided to the House Oversight Committee.

Kushner was identified only as “Senior White House Official 1” in committee documents released this week describing the testimony of Tricia Newbold, a whistleblower in the White House’s personnel security office who said she and another career employee determined that Kushner had too many “significant disqualifying factors” to receive a clearance.

Their decision was overruled by Carl Kline, the political appointee who then headed the office, according to Newbold’s interview with committee staff.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jared-kushner-identified-as-senior-white-house-official-whose-security-clearance-was-denied-by-career-officials/2019/04/03/fefa8dbe-5623-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?utm_term=.a90219db36d6

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Jared Kushner identified as senior White House official whose security clearance was denied (Original Post) octoberlib Apr 2019 OP
shocking blogslut Apr 2019 #1
I wonder if it was drug use also? PeeJ52 Apr 2019 #2
Isn't this old news? llmart Apr 2019 #3
I did but the article was just posted at 7:38 over at WaPo. octoberlib Apr 2019 #4
Oh, I wasn't criticizing you for posting it. llmart Apr 2019 #6
Yes, this is the first official confirmation that Kushner was one of the 25 individuals given okaawhatever Apr 2019 #9
We already knew his was denied, but not that he was the particular person in that report, pnwmom Apr 2019 #7
To Jared, a security clearance is a license to sell our country's secrets. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #5
So much news today! It is hard to digest it all! manor321 Apr 2019 #8
According to Czarina Ivanka: madaboutharry Apr 2019 #10

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
4. I did but the article was just posted at 7:38 over at WaPo.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:12 PM
Apr 2019

I guess because the whistleblower's Congressional testimony just identified him as Senior White House Official 1.

llmart

(15,499 posts)
6. Oh, I wasn't criticizing you for posting it.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:14 PM
Apr 2019

I was just surprised that it was a new headlines. I guess this just makes it official.

We'll see what happens or whether there are no consequences as usual.

okaawhatever

(9,453 posts)
9. Yes, this is the first official confirmation that Kushner was one of the 25 individuals given
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:17 PM
Apr 2019

clearance over intelligence community objections.

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
7. We already knew his was denied, but not that he was the particular person in that report,
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:15 PM
Apr 2019

or what the particular reasons were for his initial denial.

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
5. To Jared, a security clearance is a license to sell our country's secrets.
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:12 PM
Apr 2019

To Jared, a security clearance is a license to sell our country's secrets.

madaboutharry

(40,148 posts)
10. According to Czarina Ivanka:
Wed Apr 3, 2019, 08:17 PM
Apr 2019

Ivanka: "There was a backlog of thousands of Federal workers waiting for clearances...."

"My father had nothing to do with my security clearance or my husband's."

Abby Huntsman (trying to get a real answer): "What was the problem?"

Ivanka: "Nothing..Nothing..there was no problem."

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