Intelligence officials didn't want to grant Kushner top-secret security clearance, but Trump overruled them.

[jediuser598]

Note that Trump took this step way back in May 2018, long before Democrats took control of the House. At that time, the notion that Congress might exercise real oversight on Trump was probably very far from his mind.

In this case, we’re talking about an act of astonishing corruption and recklessness — with an unusual capacity for doing Trump political damage. Just to be very clear, the Times report notes that intelligence officials didn’t want to grant Kushner top-secret security clearance.

It’s not entirely clear why this was so — the Times says officials had concerns about contacts between Kushner’s and his family’s business ties to foreign investors and governors. But the mere fact that intelligence officials were concerned itself will now invite intensified scrutiny from House Democrats. That will throw Trump’s decision to override those officials into sharper relief.

...As Hennessey said, the Oversight Committee should subpoena the Kelly memo in particular, because it is focused on detailing how he was “ordered” to grant Kushner the security clearance. Kelly probably wrote this memo precisely because he wanted to create a “paper trail,” Hennessey noted.

“Kelly didn’t just decide to create a contemporaneous memo like this for his own records,” Hennessey told me, adding that he might have been “motivated by an underlying fear that Kushner somehow presents a national security threat.” Hennessey added that this should lead Democrats to treat this as an “urgent” oversight matter, including subpoenaing the document to “share it with the public.”

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[Fife]

Jared is bad news, and he's a cancer on those close to him.

It's not going to end well for Jared and his family.

Blast radius and fallout pattern TBD.

[C-Mag]

Jared is bad news, and he's a cancer on those close to him.

It's not going to end well for Jared and his family.

Blast radius and fallout pattern TBD.

I fucking hate the nepotism that is represented by Lil Kush, fucker has no place in my government.

That said. It's not like I trust the Intel Community that attempted to overthrow my elected POTUS either. So, I don't know WTF I should be thinking about this.

[Fife]

It's not a zero-sum game.

Both the intelligence state and Jared are bad news.

[C-Mag]

It's not a zero-sum game.

Both the intelligence state and Jared are bad news.

It's pretty clear our Intelligence Community is Extremely flexible when it comes to security clearance risks; Major Hassan, Awan Brothers, Hillary's Emails to name a few. My guess it Trump entrusted Lil Kush in a position of responsibility over some of these IC fucks and now its a pissin match.

[pineapplemike]

In this case, we’re talking about an act of astonishing corruption and recklessness

this is where you lose me, seems pretty run-of-the-mill corruption to me

[nmoore63]

The intelligence community complete corruption.

We allow ex-politicians to retain their clearance so they can get top consulting jobs and tv time.

It has more to do with $$$ than it does with actual security.

[Kath]

The intelligence community complete corruption.

We allow ex-politicians to retain their clearance so they can get top consulting jobs and tv time.

It has more to do with $$$ than it does with actual security.

I didn't know this. I thought it was only ex-presidents who were given the option to get continued security briefings. ( I don't really have an issue with this.)

Ugh... Our security theater is such a joke. A giant corrupt joke.

[C-Mag]

Now Kath, you have to trust the Intelligence Professionals, and you can't question what they say...……………………. the security of the nation depends on it.

[Kath]

Now Kath, you have to trust the Intelligence Professionals, and you can't question what they say...……………………. the security of the nation depends on it.

Below is a list of government employees, elected or otherwise, that I trust.