Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence

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Source: Politico

Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner has had his security clearance downgraded — a move that will prevent him from viewing many of the sensitive documents to which he once had unfettered access.

Kushner is not alone. All White House aides working on the highest-level interim clearances — at the Top Secret/SCI-level — were informed in a memo sent Friday that their clearances would be downgraded to the Secret level, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

The SCI acronym stands for sensitive compartmentalized information, a category of information that comes from sensitive intelligence sources and must be walled off.

The memo was not signed by chief of staff John Kelly, but it comes as the retired Marine general and other top White House aides are grappling with the fallout of a scandal involving former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, which revealed that dozens of White House aides had yet to receive permanent clearances but nonetheless had access to some of the country’s deepest secrets.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/27/jared-kushner-security-clearance-downgrade-427178

[NewJeffCT]

1. The only thing Kushner should have access to

is the prison library.

[YessirAtsaFact]

2. About freaking time

If you appoint a bunch of criminals to your staff, they will have problems getting security clearances.

[rurallib]

3. So what is Kushner going to sell to pay off the building now?

That was his most valuable asset.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. China

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

28. Are you talking about the China that Nancy Reagan picked out?

The White House has some very nice China. Silverware, too. Kushner could make a nice profit selling it on eBay.

[Wellstone ruled]

29. China and Saudi Money.

The Saudi's have been players via Trump. China has been circling these so called projects. Why pay full price when you can buy at a discount.

[Gothmog]

4. Yeah

[jmowreader]

6. The White House copy paper bill should go down substantially now

Trump's KGB handlers can't be happy about this. How will they get their Double Secret information now?

[Scarsdale]

59. tRump will manage

to keep his Russian buds informed some way. Maybe send his "not so secret weapon" the beautiful (yeah, right) Ivanka to hand deliver the information.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Too late now

They probably got most of what they needed while Drumpf continually invites Russian spies into the Oval Office - I expect with Rob Porter's folders out for them to rifle through.

[BigmanPigman]

21. "Locking the barn door"...too late!

[BumRushDaShow]

35. Exactamundo!

[Plucketeer]

62. And just how many escorts

follow junior around all day - to insure his eyes don't happen to see things he shouldn't?

[dhol82]

39. Hell, Devin Nunes probably sends all the material the intelligence committee gets

directly to the kremlin.

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Or gives it to Rohrabacher

who is obviously a Russian asset.

More stuff here too - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/politics/dana-rohrabacher-putin-trump-kremlin-under-fire.html

[dhol82]

48. Is any thinking person in doubt that this country is infested with traitors?f

How can that 35% of idiots still agree with this treasonous cabal?

[lagomorph777]

8. SECRET is pretty much useless

in my experience.

[djacq]

16. Its like seeing only the title of book

But you can’t read what’s inside.

[cungar2000]

22. Not if your father in law can grant you access without legal repercussions

Yes we've created a system that lets these con artists flourish in the highest office in the land.

[Old Vet]

31. Just as useless as jared and ivanka are, BUT donald doesnt give one bit about rules...........

Rules are for the little guys only, If anyone thinks jared is gonna be affected by this decision Theres a bridge in Brooklyn for sale......

[charliea]

33. Well not completely

I've got one for my last job, it was a requirement to access a Marine data facility. Much less scrutiny than some other clearances I've gotten. Just basic finger printing and a background check. Didn't have to use it though, it was a hurry up job and clearance took so long they found another consultant who was already cleared...

[lagomorph777]

61. Right; it gets you past the guard shack but not into the SCIF.

And it certainly doesn't let you work on anything sensitive.

[NastyRiffraff]

37. I had a Secret clearance when I was 20

I was basically a secretary. I couldn't see anything much; it was just that I was working for a defense contractor.

[ffr]

9. About f-ing time!

[samnsara]

10. doesnt huckabee sanders also have a baby clearance?

[Autumn]

11. Trump will make sure Jarvanka still gets all the classified info that he sees.

[FakeNoose]

14. I'm surprised he doesn't tweet everything classified to the bots

Sooner or later, it's going to happen.

[Ligyron]

23. His hands are too tiny for that much typing to occur.

[underpants]

15. I prefer the couples name IvanRed

It's just more fitting I think.

[demmiblue]

17. That was my first thought, as well. n/t

[pnwmom]

12. Does Ivanka have top secret clearance?

[keithbvadu2]

50. She doesn't really need one... She's family.

[underpants]

13. Well GREAT! There goes peace in the Middle East

First the Fat Boys break up and now THIS!

[magicarpet]

24. I'll bet Israel's access to American top secret info....

... takes a major dent and dive. Now that Jared is not able to back channel America's top super top secret stuff daily and directly to Netanyahu.

I wonder what price tag and gains Jared realized from those transactions while he had no questions asked unfettered access ?

[dhol82]

40. The Israelis are hesitant to share their intelligence with us

We have traitors in the White House that give it up too easily.

[Leghorn21]

43. Thats what I heard too, 82:

[magicarpet]

45. Us top secret access via Kushner.....

(snip)

Among those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their advantage were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico, the current and former officials said.

(end snip - more at link)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141999566

[dhol82]

49. Yeah, that is the way the intelligence goes - out of the US

Kushner is such a brainless idiot that he doesn’t even realize that he is sharing state secrets.

[George II]

18. Never should have had it in the first place.

[brooklynite]

19. DADDY! He took away my Secret Agent Decoder Ring!

[magicarpet]

20. Kushner's new West Wing job....

.... West Wing janitor - assignment to daily collect all the West Wing office top secret burn bags and take them to deposit in the incinerator.

Of course he passes 20 photo copy machines as he collects these top secret burn bags. And he is a very enterprising young man always out to make a quick buck.

[calimary]

25. Awwwww, sounds like a job for the sad trombone.

[underpants]

30. Here you go. Check out the image behind the play button

https://sadtrombone.com/

[calimary]

57. O. M. G. !!!

[area51]

58. And trumpdonald.org

trumpdonald.org. Click on his face.

[question everything]

26. Dear Jared and Ivanka. Go home!

You had your fun, you traveled the globe, now go home. You clearly are misplaced where you are now - not that it ever stopped hundreds of Washingtonians - now go back home, to your family, to your friends. Resume your former life. You did have one, right?

[getagrip_already]

27. so, do they lose their little scif devices?

I'll bet they have scif comm gear to talk ever so secretly amongst themselves........

[Generic Brad]

32. Not buying this bullshit

The way Trump flouts the rules - he will simply ask for the top secret information Kushner is peddling for himself and hand it over to Jared. The most distressing thing about this for Trump is that this will feel like work to him.

[PJMcK]

36. Maybe

But if your scenario happened, someone else would leak it and it would be a huge noise.

I think Trump has thrown Jared under the wheels of the bus. He delegated Kushner's security clearance to his deputy, Chief-of-Staff Kelly and said that he had confidence Kelly would make the right decision. Wouldn't it be fun to hear the conversations between Trump, Ivanka and Jared?!

You know, Kelly told Trump they had to tighten the ship with regards to the vast number of interim security clearances. The bleeding from the Rob Porter scandal had to be stanched.

Another example of this leaking vessel is the White House Counsel, Don McGahn, who doesn't have a permanent clearance! Neither does Huckabee Sanders. What the hell? These people have access to the most secret stuff in the world but they could be compromised?!

Yeah, Trump brought in the best people.

[PJMcK]

34. SWEEEEET!!!!

Think of it: Trump said that he was going to let his chief of staff make the decision if Kushner should retain his security clearance. He also said that Kelly would make the right decision.

Trump just threw Kushner under the bus.

The fun's starting to get real.

[panader0]

38. His daddy in law will let him see his daily brief.

Hell, Trump probably needs Jared to read it to him. This is more about the
visual than the substance.

[Leghorn21]

47. Thats what Im thinking too, 0 ...unless LOSER45 is being fed bogus info in the first

place?? Welp, I surely don’t know

Ah, what’ll we do, what’ll we do

[ailsagirl]

41. That there was an iota of chance that that charlatan would be privy...

to top-secret intelligence simply boggles the mind

[orangecrush]

42. When you are cleared "Secret"

they give you this certificate...

[LittleGirl]

46. Well, this doesn't change a thing

because seriously, who is going to make sure that those top secret things don't get shared in his presence (Jared)?
Nobody is going to. The whole dump family knows all of our secrets and we're fucked anyway.

[no_hypocrisy]

51. Agreed. The only thing that's maybe changed is

Kushner can't be seen publicly negotiating foreign treaties or participating in foreign affairs.

All he can do is explain big words to his FIL, if that.

[floWteiuQ]

52. Now....

He needs to lose his freedom to a jail cell; after the arrest and trial of course.

[bitterross]

53. Who believes that 45 won't still share? Not me.

I don't believe for a minute this makes a bit of difference.

[dlk]

54. My Guess is this Weasel will Find a Way Around his Loss of Security Clearance

He still has a humongous loan coming due on his building on Park.

[DemoTex]

55. I had a TS Special Intel/Crypto in Vietnam ..

Had that been pulled, I would have been burning shit with JP-4 for the rest of my tour .. even as an officer.

[ashling]

56. Kush can't see any top secret info. unless

Donny shows it to him

[Puzzler]

60. Lock them up! ... or maybe

that only applies to HRC in the Orwellian world of the Republic Party and their supporters.

Oops, did I accidentally type “Republic Party” ... my mistake, ever so sorry

-Puzzler