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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes Bannon have top security clearance?
Disclaimer: Only just hearing about all this on TT server and don't know all the details.
Scenario:
1. Intelligence tells Trump they had to monitor the TT server - suspect unauthorized access by Russian Bank
2. Trump tells Bannon; they spawn the Obama Hacked me outrage meme.
3. Bannon or Trump tells Breitbart - they spill the story
4. Bannon or Trump are guilty of disclosing classified information. This leak is one of them. Remember Trump's MO - blame others for what you yourself are guilty of.
WHAT IS APPARENT ON ALL THIS IS THAT TRUMP LITERALLY CAN NOT KEEP A SECRET.
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Does Bannon have top security clearance? (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
OP
The server connection was reported publicly long before the insane 'tapp' tweets. nt
pinboy3niner
Mar 2017
#3
Yes, I have since learned that. This is evolving so fast. But, there is so much
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2017
#4
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)1. Apparently so
https://qz.com/904880/a-newsweek-reporter-is-suing-the-federal-government-to-learn-how-it-vetted-trumps-advisers-for-security-clearances/
As a national security correspondent for Newsweek, reporter Jeffrey Stein knows he cant see classified US government documents and doesnt want to. He is, however, interested in how some of US president Donald Trumps closest advisorsincluding Steve Bannon, Rex Tillerson, and Trumps own family membersgot the necessary clearances to begin receiving security briefings, despite allegations and connections that he argues should have raised red flags in the reviewing process.
On Jan. 31, Stein sued multiple agencies of the federal government demanding to know the process used to vet and approve 15 of Trumps picks. Stein argues, for example, that three of Trumps children and Tillerson, the new US secretary of state, have had extensive business ties to foreign nations that normally would raise clearance alarms.
He argues that Bannon, the White House senior strategist who will sit on the National Security Council, was criminally charged with domestic violence and has ties to white supremacist organizations, two strikes that would have made him an unlikely candidate for the highest levels of clearance. (Politico reported in August that Bannon, a former banker and Breitbart News executive, was charged with abuse by his now-ex-wife in 1996, and the police report noted red marks on her neck, but she didnt show up in court and the case was dropped.)
Based on statements made by intelligence officers in the press in May expressing doubt about the Trump teams suitability for clearance, Stein filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking about the clearance process its members were undergoing. The requests were denied. His lawsuit, reported by Courthouse News, seeks all records, including emails, about any steps taken to investigate or authorize (or discussions about potentially investigating or authorizing) [15 individuals] for access to classified information.
As a national security correspondent for Newsweek, reporter Jeffrey Stein knows he cant see classified US government documents and doesnt want to. He is, however, interested in how some of US president Donald Trumps closest advisorsincluding Steve Bannon, Rex Tillerson, and Trumps own family membersgot the necessary clearances to begin receiving security briefings, despite allegations and connections that he argues should have raised red flags in the reviewing process.
On Jan. 31, Stein sued multiple agencies of the federal government demanding to know the process used to vet and approve 15 of Trumps picks. Stein argues, for example, that three of Trumps children and Tillerson, the new US secretary of state, have had extensive business ties to foreign nations that normally would raise clearance alarms.
He argues that Bannon, the White House senior strategist who will sit on the National Security Council, was criminally charged with domestic violence and has ties to white supremacist organizations, two strikes that would have made him an unlikely candidate for the highest levels of clearance. (Politico reported in August that Bannon, a former banker and Breitbart News executive, was charged with abuse by his now-ex-wife in 1996, and the police report noted red marks on her neck, but she didnt show up in court and the case was dropped.)
Based on statements made by intelligence officers in the press in May expressing doubt about the Trump teams suitability for clearance, Stein filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking about the clearance process its members were undergoing. The requests were denied. His lawsuit, reported by Courthouse News, seeks all records, including emails, about any steps taken to investigate or authorize (or discussions about potentially investigating or authorizing) [15 individuals] for access to classified information.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)5. Based on some of these, they would even be granted an 'interim' clearance..
Let alone full security clearance...
DK504
(3,847 posts)2. Any of these scenarios....
He's is still a traitor.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)3. The server connection was reported publicly long before the insane 'tapp' tweets. nt
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)4. Yes, I have since learned that. This is evolving so fast. But, there is so much
smoke, can hardly see.