Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled
Jared Kushner was rejected for a top secret clearance by 2 career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, say sources.
Ken Dilanian
207d ago
Exclusive: Career security specialists rejected Kushner for top secret clearance but were overruled, from @strickdc, @peteralexander and me
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Not sure why Kushner is the headline. The real story is “clearance determinations by career experts are very, very rarely overruled, and it’s happened 30 times for Trump WH staff.”
NEW: Jared Kushner's application for top secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him —their supervisor overruled the recommendation
Breaking: Jared Kushner's application for a top secret clearance was rejected by two career W.H. security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him —but their supervisor overruled the recommendation.
Exclusive from @KenDilanianNBC, @strickdc & @peteralexander: Jared Kushner's top secret clearance was rejected by White House specialists after FBI "raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him"—but a "quasi-political supervisor" OVERRULED it
Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled nbcnews.com/politics/donal… via @nbcnews
BREAKING: NBC: Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled
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Jared tried to create a secret backchannel to Putin and helped the Saudis cover up the Khashoggi murder via WhatsApp. So yeah, no shit he shouldn't have a clearance.
Shocking that Trump claims natl security for bogus wall, given this:"Jared Kushner's application for a top secret clearance was rejected..after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him but their supervisor overruled"
Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled
SCOOP: Two career security specialists rejected Jared Kushner for a top secret clearance after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but they were overruled.
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This is a shocking security breach. Overruled 30 CASES. 30.
“Kushner's was one of at least 30 cases in which Kline overruled career security experts and approved a top secret clearance for incoming Trump officials despite unfavorable information.”
Kushner's background check identified questions about his family business, foreign contacts, foreign travel and meetings during the campaign, sources say.
Jared Kushner was one of at least 30 Trump Administration officials to fail his background check but receive a security clearance anyway.
It’s likely this article contains a LOT of info the intel community considers classified. Anyone want to argue it’s not in the public interest to know this? Anyone?
Jared Kushner, the President’s adviser and son-in-law, receiving clearance and access that he should not get because of legitimate security concerns is a recurring issue in this administration. This is truly troubling.
The BEST thing Jared has going for him in this story? He didn't exactly get "special" treatment: He was one of THIRTY people whose top secret clearance rejections were overturned!
I’ll believe that Jared Kushner is growing into his role as a White House staffer when he stops being a national security risk. nbcnews.com/politics/donal… pic.twitter.com/Ref6z708z5
“On the basis of potential foreign influence” —which means no actual evidence of foreign influence. This doesn’t pass smell test, and that’s from fmr Asst WH Counsel and GC/DepDir/Acting Dir of OPM. To block a senior @POTUS appointee, you need real case
Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled
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Not nepotism at all. Nope.
Maybe if we just spelled Kushner as C-L-I-N-T-O-N, we could get Republicans to care?
Officials rejected @jaredkushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled
And compromised Jared isn’t even smart.
#TrumpRussia
Career security specialists rejected Kushner for top secret clearance but were overruled nbcnews.com/politics/donal… pic.twitter.com/ZUV0qlALyW