Kushners overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage
Source: WA Post
Officials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the presidents son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter.
Among those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their advantage were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico, the current and former officials said.
It is unclear if any of those countries acted on the discussions, but Kushners contacts with certain foreign government officials have raised concerns inside the White House and are a reason he has been unable to obtain a permanent security clearance, the officials said.
Kushners interim security clearance was downgraded last week from the top-secret to the secret level, which should restrict the regular access he has had to highly-classified information, according to administration officials.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/kushners-overseas-contacts-raise-concerns-as-foreign-officials-seek-leverage/2018/02/27/16bbc052-18c3-11e8-942d-16a950029788_story.html?utm_term=.28145e8dbea5
CNN is talking about this right now, and why this has caused him to be denied a top secret clearance.
BumRushDaShow
(129,446 posts)ace3csusm
(969 posts)Guess he isnt hiring the best after all .... Sad,
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)We have to be rid of the New York Shillbillys asap
What American secrets?
ace3csusm
(969 posts)H.R. McMaster, President Trumps national security adviser, learned that Kushner had contacts with foreign officials that he did not coordinate through the National Security Council or officially report.
This is what happens with his best
.winning
Officials in the White House were concerned that Kushner was naive and being tricked in conversations with foreign officials, some of whom said they wanted to deal only with Kushner directly and not more experienced personnel, said one former White House official.
Forrest Gump, will be scream
Run Jared Run and dont look back
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pnwmom
(108,994 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)Whoa.
Link to tweet
It's almost like there's a reason that the government training on how to spot insider threats uses "guy up to his eyeballs in debt who requests an unusually large volume of classified information" as an example of what to look out for!
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)Just tell him how great his is, give him a big parade and some bling.