White House dismisses 6 over failed background checks
Source: Politico
Several White House staffers were dismissed Thursday morning after failing FBI background checks, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Six aides were "walked out of the building by security" on Wednesday after not passing the SF86, a Questionnaire for National Security Positions for security clearance.
Among those whose White House posts were revoked was President Donald Trumps director of scheduling, Caroline Wiles, the daughter of Susan Wiles, Trumps Florida campaign manager and former chief of staff to Governor Rick Scott. Wiles was appointed deputy assistant secretary before the inauguration in January. Two sources close to Wiles said she will get another job in Treasury.
She's among others who failed to pass the intensive background check, which includes questions on the applicant's credit score, substance use and other personal subjects.
A White House spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2017/02/white-house-failed-background-checks-dismissals-235112
Whole article there.
The SF86 is the standard OPM form for a background check to receive security clearance. Clearance can be rejected for a number of reasons, but common ones include a criminal history, severe debt or mismanagement of money, financial conflict of interest, or unexplained foreign travel or associations.
Shell_Seas
(3,336 posts)Joanie Baloney
(1,357 posts)How about the "first" six? Sound better?
-JB
Liberalagogo
(1,770 posts)So let's just appoint her to our nation's money house?
absyntheminded
(216 posts)Criminal history, severe debt or mismanagement of money, financial conflict of interest, or unexplained foreign travel or associations.
Doh!
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)But the irony did not escape me!
tavalon
(27,985 posts)Surely Cheetolinni had to pass the security clearance test, did he not? Surely, Presidents, fake or real, must pass security clearance.
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)The Constitution (by way of the Electoral College) takes precedence over OPM regulations.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)That's fucking insane. I suppose Pence got a pass, too? Well, that explains why no drug screening for our white nosed idiot. That explains an awful lot. That make doesn't make sense. I never considered it before because of course those running this country have to have the highest security clearance.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)How the fuck did SCROTUS (So Called Ruler of The United States) get clearance?
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)The dumbest people in this country felt he deserved the clearance with their vote.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)I thought I knew all the minutiae, and this is kind of a big one to miss.
tanyev
(42,634 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)No security clearance needed for the treasury.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)when my husband went to work for the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena and needed a top secret clearance. Dumb us, the first we knew what this actually meant was when our friends told us they were being asked questions about us. I'm not entirely proud that he had such an unintresting wife. I'd actually like my history to include some problems, but I was home raising children in those days, my most radical involvements with the PTA and a monthly donation to the ACLU. That's my excuse anyway.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)too bad trump didn't have to pass a background check
thesquanderer
(11,995 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)Just sayin'.
pbmus
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KT2000
(20,590 posts)Russians either in the US or in Russia? Have any Russian citizens been in your home? etc
these were the questions asked of my friend who did federal retirement for federal employees. Her neighbors were asked if they knew of any contact with Russians by my friend and whether or not Russian were seen at her house.
FFS - how is this nest of traitors in the WH able to bypass what all federal employees are required to pass for security reasons.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)this FBI background check every year. Have a family member at HLS.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)I suspect it's going to grind to a halt or explode sometime very soon.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,047 posts)meow2u3
(24,774 posts)This White House is about as fine-tuned a machine as one in need of a valve job!
TeamPooka
(24,264 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Think about that, people.
NeoConsSuck
(2,544 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)renegade000
(2,301 posts)If you're honest about your colorful past, you may get more scrutiny, but you'll still likely "pass" (unless you admit to being something like an Al Qaeda sleeper agent or something extreme, lol).
Given the pervasive dishonest of the Trump people, I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of people got caught misrepresenting/lying on the form.
Lucky Luciano
(11,262 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,125 posts)Remember, they never, not ever, not once ever tell the truth.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)He couldn't pass a background check if he cheated.
My thoughts exactly.
procon
(15,805 posts)kairos12
(12,881 posts)lapfog_1
(29,227 posts)If Trump or his senior people had to pass one... they would fail
TNNurse
(6,929 posts)before you get the job?
fountainofyouth
(409 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,953 posts)Remember when Dubya kept changing the number of years he could have passed a security clearance check because he could not remember how long he had not used drugs?
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)The thing is to admit it not lie about it. Well a president doesn't have to pass the screening anyway.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)world wide wally
(21,756 posts)In particular, the part about their financial history (hint: his fucking income tax forms)