Biden special Iran envoy had his security clearance suspended over ‘personal conduct,’ mishandling ‘

[Kamaji]

Biden special Iran envoy had his security clearance suspended over ‘personal conduct,’ mishandling ‘protected’ info: leaked memo

By Ryan King   
August 28, 2023

President Biden’s special Iran envoy had his security clearance suspended earlier this year after “serious” issues were raised internally about his handling of “protected material,” according to a leaked State Department memo published over the weekend by an Iranian media outlet.

Robert Malley was placed on unpaid leave effective at the end of June, but the State Department declined to specify why, drawing scrutiny from congressional Republicans.

The Tehran Times, an English-language daily newspaper believed to have close ties to the theocracy’s foreign ministry, purported to shed light on the matter Sunday by publishing an April 21 memo labeled “sensitive but unclassified” and addressed to Malley from Erin Smart, director of the Office of Personnel Security and Suitability in the Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

In the memo, Smart wrote that the office “has received information regarding you that raises serious security concerns and can be disqualifying under National Security Adjudicative Guidelines E (Personal Conduct), K (Handling Protected Information) and M (Use of Information Technology).”

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/08/28/key-biden-official-lost-security-clearance-over-handling-of-classified-material-iranian-media-claims/

[Kamaji]

So we can expect him to be arrested and charged in 3, 2, .... never?

[GtHawk]

So we can expect him to be arrested and charged in 3, 2, .... never?

Arrested and charged, no, given a lucrative job as a political commentator on CrapNewsNetwork? 

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I think the Administration has repeatedly refused GOP oversight requests to learn exactly what this guy did.  That's the real outrage.