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5. Kushner's' clearance

Thu Jul 13, 2017, 11:24 AM

Jul 2017

BY GRAHAM LANKTREE ON 7/13/17 AT 9:24 AM

... security experts are calling for President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner's security clearance to be revoked ... Kushner withheld repeated meetings with Kremlin-linked Russians from his initial top-secret security clearance application.

Kushner has been operating on an “interim” security clearance ...

“You want to make sure you get the information right the first time” on the forms, Parakilas said — “especially where it concerns potential vulnerability to blackmail and potential counterintelligence issues” ...

Given the nature of Kushner’s meeting with the Russian lawyer last June, “it stretches credibility to say he simply forgot it when he initially filled out his forms,” said .. Norm Eisen ...

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-jared-kushner-russia-security-clearance-ivanka-kremlin-blackmail-putin-635954

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Jared Kushner updated his security form, suddenly remembered more than 100 foreign contacts [View all] babylonsister Jul 2017 OP

But Hillary's emails.... yardwork Jul 2017 #1

and BENGHAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII aquamarina Jul 2017 #2

Steve "cantaloupe calves" King has actually threatened recently that the GOP will investigate tblue37 Jul 2017 #32

I simply do not understand how they are able to get away with this. CanonRay Jul 2017 #3

Yeah. The media should, like, talk about this, you think? yardwork Jul 2017 #4

I went through Scarsdale Jul 2017 #24

I missed out on a job because my wife was British. rickford66 Jul 2017 #34

Kushner's' clearance struggle4progress Jul 2017 #5

As Lawrence O'Donnell keeps emphasizing NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #11

To forget a hundred contacts must require some memory disorder struggle4progress Jul 2017 #12

He had to have been promised no one would check up on him- Seesions? bettyellen Jul 2017 #16

Memory disorder is contagious if you hang out with Trumpistas. Amaryllis Jul 2017 #17

Early onset Scarsdale Jul 2017 #25

He just assumed that being who he is and whom he is connected to, he would never tblue37 Jul 2017 #33

True. He's the epitome of the entitled rich kid NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #37

Yes and his wife's security clearance should also be revoked FakeNoose Jul 2017 #20

So I guess retroactively registering as a foreign agent carries a lesser punishment than espionage. Iggo Jul 2017 #6

No but their lawyers are telling them to file anyway, just in case FakeNoose Jul 2017 #22

all of the trumps barbtries Jul 2017 #7

Agree Cheviteau Jul 2017 #36

Does one typically sign, under threat of perjury and prison, an unverified draft? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2017 #8

So... Fatemah2774 Jul 2017 #9

He was likely granted a provisional clearance as soon as he submitted Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #10

Assuming this was the case, are we to believe that in the ensuing 6 months, no one reminded him? flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #21

With memory problems like this Scarsdale Jul 2017 #26

Who signs a draft of any document? stopbush Jul 2017 #13

no one. He committed a crime here. bettyellen Jul 2017 #15

Right. Signing is swearing it's the truth. rickford66 Jul 2017 #31

Jared is going into the hall of fame for marrying the right girl at the right time... Blue_Tires Jul 2017 #14

Serssions is okay with perjury, so no worries. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #18

Assuming we believe he actually "forgot" hundreds of contacts and is incapable of filling out forms flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #19

He's not fooling any judge with this FakeNoose Jul 2017 #23

The only "job" Jahhr-uhhd should have is being somebody's prison bitch. Still In Wisconsin Jul 2017 #27

Perfectly understandable. Who hasn't forgotten hundreds of foreign contacts? Happens to all of us. Kablooie Jul 2017 #28

When my son applied for his security clearance, he had to ask me for all the tblue37 Jul 2017 #35

Does this mean that they are going to remove this statute from the federal code? Mr. Ected Jul 2017 #29

What a load of BS. rickford66 Jul 2017 #30