The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website February 13, 2018:
Between 30 and 40 White House staffers have not been issued full security clearance
Democratic lawmakers have grown increasingly concerned — and frustrated — over the White House’s position on matters of security confidentiality.
Last week, President Donald Trump withheld the release of a Democratic House Intelligence Committee memo rebutting one from the Republican side, citing the need for heavy redaction to protect national security interests.
Yet, some lawmakers are arguing, between 30 and 40 people on the president’s own staff — including his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner — are operating on interim security clearances because they have not yet cleared an FBI background check. Continue reading “Blumenthal Dubious of White House Interim Security Clearance Trend”