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In reply to the discussion: Cory Booker thinks it's too soon to revoke Jared Kushner's security clearance, but Jared & Ivanka [View all]benfranklin1776
(6,993 posts)30. Absolutely. He lied on his security clearance form. I'll go with Malcolm Nance on this.
Malcolm Nance who actually worked in counterespionage called for this Friday and made the compelling case: this is a question of our national security being jeopardized and anyone else who did this would have had it immediately suspended pending further investigation. There's no reason to treat Kushner any differently, his prowess at fundraising notwithstanding.
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Cory Booker thinks it's too soon to revoke Jared Kushner's security clearance, but Jared & Ivanka [View all]
MelissaB
May 2017
OP
Absolutely. He lied on his security clearance form. I'll go with Malcolm Nance on this.
benfranklin1776
May 2017
#30
No, Cory's ambitions. If this is supposed to be leadership on his part count me out.
RelativelyJones
May 2017
#7
PS. If anyone wants me to delete this, I will. I support Dems, but there is more to it than that.
MelissaB
May 2017
#3
I haven't seen anything that says he's taken dark money, but I'm not doubting that
MelissaB
May 2017
#10
Shit like this is one of the reasons millions of Americans don't bother to vote.
jalan48
May 2017
#11
This appears to be a good cop bad cop strategy- he's too politically ambitious to be leading the
bettyellen
May 2017
#13
I think a lot of the calculation is about congress and what it'll take to sway popular opinion....
bettyellen
May 2017
#23
From what security experts have said, the NORMAL process is to suspend clearance
csziggy
May 2017
#25