This one comes as no surprise having been issued by someone with absolutely no regard for.........

[berg80]

national security.

Trump Grants Admin Ability To Give Out 6-Month Security Clearances Without Background Checks​

The executive order instructs:

• The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months
• That these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired

In the order, he attributes the move to a backlog under the Biden administration. But this is also what you’d do if many of your hires wouldn’t pass a normal security clearance background check.

Under Cover Of ‘Shock And Awe,’ Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government

Amid a flurry of executive actions meant to demoralize his opponents and...

talkingpointsmemo.com

I guess this still stings.

Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled​

Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled

Jared Kushner was rejected for a top-secret clearance by two career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, sources say.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application for a top-secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but their supervisor overruled the recommendation and approved the clearance, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

 

[Darkwind]

Interim security clearances have been a thing in the US for decades.

 

[berg80]

Interim security clearances have been a thing in the US for decades.

Then why the need for EO?

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel

January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM TO THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SUBJECT: Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for

www.whitehouse.gov

At times like these you must remember trump is an inveterate liar.

 

[blackhawk]

EVEN MORE TDSSSDD.

 

[Darkwind]

Then why the need for EO?

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel

January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM TO THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SUBJECT: Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for

www.whitehouse.gov

At times like these you must remember trump is an inveterate liar.

So is EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT.

Do better.

I held an interim security clearance for the first six months of Active duty. When the final security clearance is issued, nothing will change.

 

[Lastamender]

Then why the need for EO?

Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for Executive Office of the President Personnel

January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM TO THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL SUBJECT: Memorandum to Resolve the Backlog of Security Clearances for

www.whitehouse.gov

At times like these you must remember trump is an inveterate liar.

Not as bad as the media and idiots like you.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

national security.

Trump Grants Admin Ability To Give Out 6-Month Security Clearances Without Background Checks​

The executive order instructs:

• The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months
• That these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired

In the order, he attributes the move to a backlog under the Biden administration. But this is also what you’d do if many of your hires wouldn’t pass a normal security clearance background check.

Under Cover Of ‘Shock And Awe,’ Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government

Amid a flurry of executive actions meant to demoralize his opponents and...

talkingpointsmemo.com

I guess this still stings.

Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled​

Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled

Jared Kushner was rejected for a top-secret clearance by two career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, sources say.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application for a top-secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but their supervisor overruled the recommendation and approved the clearance, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Did you ever stop and ask yourself why your source, talkingpointsmemo” named themselves that?

 

[Billiejeens]

national security.

Trump Grants Admin Ability To Give Out 6-Month Security Clearances Without Background Checks​

The executive order instructs:

• The White House Counsel to provide the White House Security Office and Acting Chief Security Officer with a list of personnel that are hereby immediately granted interim Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearances for a period not to exceed six months
• That these individuals shall be immediately granted access to the facilities and technology necessary to perform the duties of the office to which they have been hired

In the order, he attributes the move to a backlog under the Biden administration. But this is also what you’d do if many of your hires wouldn’t pass a normal security clearance background check.

Under Cover Of ‘Shock And Awe,’ Trump Takes Concrete Steps To Hobble Government

Amid a flurry of executive actions meant to demoralize his opponents and...

talkingpointsmemo.com

I guess this still stings.

Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled​

Officials rejected Kushner for top secret clearance, were overruled

Jared Kushner was rejected for a top-secret clearance by two career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, sources say.

www.nbcnews.com

WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application for a top-secret clearance was rejected by two career White House security specialists after an FBI background check raised concerns about potential foreign influence on him — but their supervisor overruled the recommendation and approved the clearance, two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

You poor thing.