Did Trump Administration take Flynn's security clearance when he was fired?

[kentuck]

Just curious, after they accused Obama of giving him his security clearance?

It's really hard to understand, or even to walk around, in all this bullshit.

Yeah, that's the ticket!

[marylandblue]

1. Security clearance is automatically suspended when you leave a job.that requires it

[Adrahil]

2. Are you sure?

When I left Federal Service, I maintained a clearance.

That clearance followed me to my private sector job. I am not aware that it ever became inactive, but I am not an expert on this point.

[bettyellen]

3. So his clearance was revoked when being fired by Obama- but he may have retained a lower level due

To previous positions? From what I understand there are lower levels so it's not so black and white.

[kristopher]

4. Mine wasn't.

A security clearance doesn't grant access to classified information. It only says that at the time of the personal background investigation no issues were found that indicates you are a security risk.
To get access to classified information you must have "a need to know" determination made by whoever is in charge of the specific information being safeguarded. So, once you leave a job you no longer have a need to know and would be denied access to classified information previously available.

[kentuck]

5. That is my understanding, also.

[spanone]

7. it appears spicer is lying about this topic.

[Scoopster]

6. Unfortunately that's incorrect.

Otherwise Flynn's clearance from 2012 would've been suspended when he was fired by Obama & he wouldn't have been able to reapply in 2016. However when he was forced to resign from Trump's administration the clearance was suspended by I think DIA.

[Me.]

8. Presidents Can Neither Confer Nor Take Away Security Clearances

That's the sole prerogative of the security agencies