Official says White House never told him to change a security clearance decision -source

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former head of White House security clearances told congressional investigators on Wednesday he was never instructed to change a security clearance determination by anyone at the White House, a source familiar with his closed-door interview said.

Carl Kline spoke with investigators after days of conflict over whether he would appear. He told them all security clearance decisions were made by career professionals and he was never asked by anyone in the White House or Oval Office to do his job differently, the source said.

Kline’s appearance before investigators of the House of Representatives Oversight Committee came as the panel is looking into the issuance of high-level security clearances to some staffers in the Trump White House, despite recommendations from career officials that those officials should not receive them.

Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were among the two dozen or so staffers who got those clearances, said two congressional sources familiar with the matter. Kline was in charge of White House clearances at the time.

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POLITICS MAY 1, 2019 / 2:53 PM / UPDATED 25 MINUTES AGO
Mark Hosenball
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-congress-clearances/official-says-white-house-never-told-him-to-change-a-security-clearance-decision-source-idUSKCN1S74J3

[benld74]

1. LLPoF!

[Iliyah]

2. And I should

believe the WH?

[Chin music]

3. "never instructed to chnge a security clearance"

Bc they knew what they were being hired to do and he didnt care who got the clearances bc....money. And maybe a piece of trumps girlfriends tail....meaning Ivanka. The fix was in before they took the job and therefore never had to be asked. Afterall, the sacrifice of the people who glean the intel, didnt mean anything to them.

[SunSeeker]

4. So why did Kline overrule clearance denial recommendations of career officials?

Hmmmmmm?

Kline is a lying sack of shit.

[cstanleytech]

5. Its all in how the question was asked and how he phrased his reply.

In other words if he was not ordered then was he "asked" to do it.

[Chin music]

6. I believe you are correct.

it's all in the polemics.

[Grasswire2]

11. or the word "change"

That's problematic, too.

[watoos]

7. This article smells,

No one from the White House told Kline to change anyone's clearance but he's not allowed to talk about individual clearances. So if he's lying about giving Jarvanka clearances no one is allowed to ask him about it.

Fucking criminals.

[Chin music]

9. +1

[C_U_L8R]

8. Unbelievable.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Why don't I believe this?

Oh yeah, I have a triple digit IQ.

[RockRaven]

12. And mob bosses never order their hitmen to murder anyone, because they don't use the word "murder"

but instead say things like "get rid of him" or "make sure he can't talk" or "pay our friend a visit" etc.

[diva77]

13. This!!!!! Straight out of "The Mobsters' Little Black Book of Euphemisms"

[sandensea]

14. And everyone believes him too

Please. Kline would obviously give a tip-top secret security clearance to Barron if Cheeto asked him to.

[GreydeeThos]

15. Of course he was never told to change a decision.

He was instructed to give the clearance from the very beginning; there was nothing to change.