Gosh, the earnest talk by Republicans on the paramount importance of scrupulous by-the-book handling of classified information was just a show for the TV cameras and gullible Republican votes.<\/p>\n
\n“More than 130 political appointees working in the Executive Office of the President did not have permanent security clearances as of November 2017, including the president\u2019s daughter, son-in-law and his top legal counsel, according to internal White House documents obtained by NBC News.” link<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And for most of these folks, ‘does not have’ means the FBI checked them out and won’t approve clearance because they are a security risk. Some of these guys are known to have worked for hostile foreign powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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