it allows you access to krrbs ia source reporting and nsa intercepts. the cia never did grant that higher level of clearance, we re told. but because of the president s orders, the white house security office did grant him a top secret clearance even though members had recommended gnsz doing that based on the fbi background check. there s two processes here. both the fbi and krrcia flagged significant concerns and it can be mitigated. but there was no such mitigation in this case. does he still have these issues? is he still subject to foreign influence? and the other issue is the lives. when you say potential for influence, we go tlau the headlines but specifically what are the kinds of thijs that are
matter told new york times that quote trump ordered his chief of staff to grant security clearance. over ruling concerns flagged by officials and the top lawyer. it was so alarming to chief of, john kelly that he wrote a memo about how he had been oordered to give his clearance. and mcgahn outlined concerns the krr cia had as well as his own recommendation it be rejected. kushner was granted permanent clearance after the completion of the fbi background check with no involvement from the president. earlier that year john kelly had limited kushner s access to the most snsative secrets because according to the washington post he was uncomfortable with