Clinton's security clearance access in danger? IG report clearly states she violated the policy.

[Bob-o the Clown]

I know the Presidential Daily Briefing is considered classified as high as TS/SCI. If Clinton does not have that kind of clearance after her violations are already made public, how can she be able to do her duties as the President of the United States?

Clearances are all about trust. It is very clear to me that America doesn't trust Clinton (or Trump) by the recent polls.

[Trust Buster]

1. President's enjoy security clearance priviledges by definition. Snowden had security clearance and

he worked for a contractor. Quit embarrassing yourself.

[emulatorloo]

4. I know you are new here, but calling other poster's liars isn't really cool.

[Trust Buster]

7. I respect your response emulatorloo.

[braddy]

5. The president does automatically get all clearance, since he is the ultimate power over them.

[NWCorona]

6. While I do agree there has been some heads of the CIA who are on record as to keeping things from

sitting presidents.

[braddy]

8. Anyone can try to conceal information, but that is another matter.

The President is the ultimate authority on clearances and security as the Chief of the Executive branch.

If he wants to see something, then he can order it up.

[NWCorona]

10. That's the thing. JFK asked the CIA for reports on multiple things only to be denied.

[braddy]

11. That doesn't work since he controls the CIA and can fire them or walk into their vaults.

[NWCorona]

12. I'm only saying what is known in the public record. Ideally I agree with you

But practice is something different. I can guarantee you that if Trump wins all kinds of things will be kept from him.

[braddy]

15. Where is that public record of a president being forbidden to see the information that he owns?

[NWCorona]

17. The president "owns" the information? That's new to me.

[braddy]

18. Get real, I meant figuratively during his reign as the ultimate decider on clearances and security.

How much time are you going to waste with these meaningless posts?

[NWCorona]

20. Even figuratively he doesn't own it.

The fact is that things are kept secret routinely. Look at Iran contra with Carter. The bay of pigs and JFK. NSA spying with Obama

[emulatorloo]

2. Welcome to DU

Good to have you.

Clinton's security clearance is not in danger currently.


I am waiting for the FBI report. Until then everything is spin and speculation.

[Ferd Berfel]

9. If you're not a member of the Oligrachy

and loose your security clearance for these reasons - can you get it back - ever?

Obviously the Oligarchy operates under different laws than the rest of us - I was just curious

[MineralMan]

13. Nope. The President has full access, by dint of being President.

Period. But, Presidents get summaries of classified information. They don't see original materials or details on sources, etc. They don't need that information, and at the highest security levels, "need to know" applies in all cases. The President gets the information after analysis that is needed for his or her responsibilities. but has full access to any classification of material.

[Wellstone ruled]

14. Let's step back here.

Not a Clinton supporter,and this issue has been blown up way out of proportion. Question should be,who started this,what was their agenda,who is financing this ruse,and why didn't the previous administration become suspect with Karl Rove and Scooter Libby 's missing 20 million E-Mails on some private Server in Tennessee. That is the real story,this is nothing more than some Political Witch hunt and let's find and expose these folks and put names to faces. Sure smells like the Arkansas Project.

Let's get back to the peoples issues,if you can not indite Bush and Cheney's crap,then a president has been established and we have to move on.

[HereSince1628]

16. Nixon was refused a clearance when he was in the Navy...but he had one in his executive roles.

Beyond the irony of it, don't expect her to be denied as she is given daily briefings while campaigning in the GE

[braddy]

19. Do you have a source for that? Nixon was a LT. Commander by Oct 1945 and retired as a full Commander

in the Navy Reserves.

[HereSince1628]

21. I don't. It's something that I learned in the aftermath of Watergate,

and it may have pertained to an attempt in WWII to get a clearance.

At the time, the stuff I was reading was mostly in Time and The Washington Post.

[MohRokTah]

22. During the time period, Quakers were always considered suspect.

Quakers, by their pacifistic nature, were rarely given the highest level security clearances during that time period. Most served in support roles as opposed to combat roles, too.

[braddy]

23. Not only did he reach a high rank, he had pretty important jobs in WWII.

Do you have a source for Quaker being a reason to not get security clearances?

Why would a Quaker volunteer be seen as likely to spy?

[procon]

24. The only thing that's "clear" in this OP is the level of misinformation, lazy

conjectures and half baked speculations that are better suited for creative fiction stories than any well reasoned political commentary. The lack of knowledge and the errors in deductive reasoning only serves as a vehicle to frame the OPs predetermined choice.