Former Special Ops official ‘shocked’ White House isn’t considering stripping Hillary Clinton’s secu

[mystery-ak]

Former Special Ops official ‘shocked’ White House isn’t considering stripping Hillary Clinton’s security clearance
12:40 AM 07/25/2018
Richard Pollock | Reporter

    Two retired colonels say former Secretary of State and failed 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should have had her security clearance pulled.

    One, retired Col. James Williamson, was surprised Clinton was not included in the White House’s announcement that it was considering revoking six former national security officials’ security clearances.

    The colonels’ organization, OPSEC, twice asked then-Secretary of State John Kerry in 2015 to suspend the security clearances of Hillary Clinton and her aides, Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin, and Jacob Sullivan.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was not named in the White House’s Monday announcement that it was considering revoking six former national security officials’ security clearances, a 33-year special forces veteran noticed.

President Donald Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former CIA Director John Brennan; Comey; former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper; former Director of National Security Michael Haden; former National Security Adviser Susan Rice; and former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

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http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/24/white-house-clinton-clearance/

[Sanguine]

Why the #%!$# do these people still have any clearance?

[Bigun]

Why the #%!$# do these people still have any clearance?

An EXCELLENT question @Sanguine!

[edpc]

The question has been asked and answered a hundred times. Here it is again...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/07/23/lead-barbara-starr-live-jake-tapper.cnn

[Bigun]

The question has been asked and answered a hundred times. Here it is again...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/07/23/lead-barbara-starr-live-jake-tapper.cnn

And as far as I'm concerned CNN and The Onion carry exactly the same weight as a source for anything!

[edpc]

And as far as I'm concerned CNN and The Onion carry exactly the same weight as a source for anything!

Here, then. He says basically the same thing.


CHRIS STIREWALT, FOX NEWS: Jimmy Carter is a member of the ex-presidents club, he's got it all, as former president, and the reason that Jimmy Carter can go look at these things, it might be that one of his successors said will you please come advise me and help me. And the reason that we in the United States keep the security clearances around for these guys is so that in a moment of crisis or if there's an urgent question that somebody, as the judge says, has institutional knowledge, you can call them back and say, OK, you worked on Russia in the 1990s. Do you know about this, do you know about that?

As far as monetizing goes, and that goes to Rand Paul's point, the monetization of security clearance in Washington, D.C., is a big deal because you have a lot of defense firms and a lot of contracting firms that are providing services to the federal government that you can't work for without a security clearance. So that's a whole other kettle of fish.

http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/07/23/politics-security-clearances.html

[austingirl]

And as far as I'm concerned CNN and The Onion carry exactly the same weight as a source for anything!

 

[catfish1957]

Nothing worse than a truncated thread topic that stops at "stripping Hillary".  I just ate.

[Emjay]

Nothing worse than a truncated thread topic that stops at "stripping Hillary".  I just ate.

Don't worry @catfish1957   Hillary is buying up all the stock at Bed, Bath and Beyond to make sure she is fully covered at all times.

[Wingnut]

I read today a major hospital gown manufacturer is suing Clinton for copy write infringement of a licensed fabric design pattern. 

[Bigun]

Here, then. He says basically the same thing.


CHRIS STIREWALT, FOX NEWS: Jimmy Carter is a member of the ex-presidents club, he's got it all, as former president, and the reason that Jimmy Carter can go look at these things, it might be that one of his successors said will you please come advise me and help me. And the reason that we in the United States keep the security clearances around for these guys is so that in a moment of crisis or if there's an urgent question that somebody, as the judge says, has institutional knowledge, you can call them back and say, OK, you worked on Russia in the 1990s. Do you know about this, do you know about that?

As far as monetizing goes, and that goes to Rand Paul's point, the monetization of security clearance in Washington, D.C., is a big deal because you have a lot of defense firms and a lot of contracting firms that are providing services to the federal government that you can't work for without a security clearance. So that's a whole other kettle of fish.

http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/07/23/politics-security-clearances.html

If that's the case it's even worse than I thought and we need to go back to pulling clearances of people who no longer occupy slots that require them immediately.   Looks like that would go a long way toward damping the rampant inside the beltway incest.

[Neverdul]

If that's the case it's even worse than I thought and we need to go back to pulling clearances of people who no longer occupy slots that require them immediately.   Looks like that would go a long way toward damping the rampant inside the beltway incest.

Well then you will have to shut down every intelligence and DOD contractor. While some call them Beltway Bandits or say that these organizations being staffed by former government employees and former military members causes an incestuous relationship, the truth of the matter is that the DOD couldn't operate without them and these contractors couldn't operate if everyone leaving government or military service were stripped of their security clearances upon exit or retirement. Also keep in mind that a person with a security clearance gained during government service and obtaining private employment because of the clearance, still has to abide by the rules governing the clearance and continues to be subject to periodic background checks and investigations in order to keep it.

I am deeply disturbed by the idea that a President can or would strip people of their clearances solely based on their criticisms of the current administration. Unless they are breaking their clearances by divulging or mishandling classified intel, this sets a dangerous precedent beyond the current administration's actions.

Imagine our outrage had Obama stripped the security clearances of former Bush or Reagan administration members who were critical of him?

Good read:

A Very Personal Take on Threats to Strip Security Clearances
 
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/a-very-personal-take-on-threats-to-strip-security-clearances

[Bigun]

Well then you will have to shut down every intelligence and DOD contractor. While some call them Beltway Bandits or say that these organizations being staffed by former government employees and former military members causes an incestuous relationship, the truth of the matter is that the DOD couldn't operate without them and these contractors couldn't operate if everyone leaving government or military service were stripped of their security clearances upon exit or retirement. Also keep in mind that a person with a security clearance gained during government service and obtaining private employment because of the clearance, still has to abide by the rules governing the clearance and continues to be subject to periodic background checks and investigations in order to keep it.

I am deeply disturbed by the idea that a President can or would strip people of their clearances solely based on their criticisms of the current administration. Unless they are breaking their clearances by divulging or mishandling classified intel, this sets a dangerous precedent beyond the current administration's actions.

Imagine our outrage had Obama stripped the security clearances of former Bush or Reagan administration members who were critical of him?

Good read:

A Very Personal Take on Threats to Strip Security Clearances
 
https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/a-very-personal-take-on-threats-to-strip-security-clearances

Thanks!   I think you have very adequately demonstrated the problem that currently exists.