Jared Kushner lacks security clearance level to review some of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence in White House role

The following article by Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker was posedon the Washington Post website July 12, 2018:

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner was granted a permanent top-secret security clearance in May. Credit: Jim Bourg Reuters

Jared Kushner, a senior White House adviser and President Trump’s son-in-law, lacks the security clearance level required to review some of the government’s most sensitive secrets, according to two people familiar with his access.

For the first year of the Trump administration, Kushner had nearly blanket access to highly classified intelligence, even as he held an interim security clearance and awaited the completion of his background investigation.

But when White House security officials granted him a permanent clearance in late May, he was granted only “top secret” status — a level that does not allow him to see some of the country’s most closely guarded intelligence, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security issues.

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