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riversedge

(70,187 posts)
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 03:29 PM Dec 2016

Shaheen questions whether Trump national security adviser pick should get secret clearance

Source: New Hampshire Union Leader




December 15. 2016


WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, and a colleague called upon the nation’s law enforcement and personnel management executives to review whether President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be national security adviser should have a top secret clearance.

Shaheen and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wrote to the FBI director, White House director of personnel management and director of national intelligence questioning whether Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn should have this exclusive access to U.S. secrets given claims that Flynn leaked documents and owns a private intelligence company that has built-in conflicts of interest to his upcoming job.

“Based on public reports, his conduct in positions that require access to national defense information, and his subsequent private practice, appears inconsistent with the professionalism such access requires,” Shaheen and Blumenthal wrote.

“General Flynn reportedly has a record of mishandling classified intelligence and repeatedly violated rules for protecting sensitive information.”
- See more at: http://www.unionleader.com/politics/Shaheen-questions-whether-Trump-national-security-adviser-pick-should-get-secret-clearance-12152016#sthash.mETLpYN3.dpuf...................

Read more: http://www.unionleader.com/politics/Shaheen-questions-whether-Trump-national-security-adviser-pick-should-get-secret-clearance-12152016



Thank you Sen. Shaheen and Blumentha!
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Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
10. I saw some people peg LeMay's predecessor Tom Powers as Ripper, LeMay as Turgidson, but
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 07:56 PM
Dec 2016

the cigar chomping was LeMay's schtick, not Powers'.

" General Curtis LeMay was responsible for putting together SAC, or Strategic Air Command, which gave our country “nation killing” capabilities as well wrestling control for “the button” away from the President. LeMay is probably not only the inspiration for General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove, but Base Commander Jack D. Ripper as well. One of the most Ruthless m***ers in history, LeMay oversaw the fire-bombing of Tokyo where more than 300,000 people died. To give you a sense of scale, about 200,000 people died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. LeMay of course, was also involved with dropping both of the big bombs. "

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/1541/dr-strange-love/

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
5. Yes, Thank you Sen. Shaheen and Blumenthal!!
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 03:54 PM
Dec 2016

The guy is a walkin', talkin' C.T. nutcase with a big mouth. And Idiot believes the shit he tells him.

Qutzupalotl

(14,302 posts)
7. Ya think? Where are all the other senators?
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 04:31 PM
Dec 2016

Hey, it's only our national security and fate as a country...

BumRushDaShow

(128,851 posts)
9. From the linked article
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 07:18 PM
Dec 2016
Both Democratic senators writing this letter are members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

http://www.unionleader.com/politics/Shaheen-questions-whether-Trump-national-security-adviser-pick-should-get-secret-clearance-12152016


Generally those on the related committees send these types of requests (on behalf of). This is McCain's committee (he is chair) and Graham is on there too. The Dems -

Jack Reed, Rhode Island Ranking Member
Bill Nelson, Florida
Claire McCaskill, Missouri
Joe Manchin, West Virginia
Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire
Kirsten Gillibrand, New York
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut
Joe Donnelly, Indiana
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii
Tim Kaine, Virginia
Angus King, Maine[3]
Martin Heinrich, New Mexico


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services

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