Navy revoked security clearance from officer who tweeted about Charlottesville

[HAB911]

A Navy reservist who was known to push debunked conspiracy theories on social media was stripped of his security clearance, according to reports by NBC News.

Lt. j.g. Jack Posobiec, a Navy Reserve intelligence officer, was thrust into the public spotlight this week after President Trump retweeted his take on the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, in which the officer implied the public outrage was fueled by media bias rather than concern of violence, according to NBC News.

http://www.navytimes.com/2017/08/17/navy-strips-security-clearance-from-officer-who-tweeted-about-charlottesville/

[CousinIT]

1. US Armed Svcs has 0 tolerance for Nazi scum n/t

[Corgigal]

2. Intelligence officer?

Kick him to the curb before he gets the active military personnel killed. No pension for you. No taxpayer funds for you.

[mia]

3. Does Trump have a security clearance?

Hope not!

[HAB911]

5. Trump has the ultimate clearance

he determines what is secret and what is not

[Clarity2]

8. He has

access to all secret info. When he spoke with the russians in the oval office about Isreali intelligence - he told them Top Secret Compartmentalized Info, which is about as secretive as it gets. He should have been impeached on THAT alone.

Supposedly, if he reveals classified info, he automatically declassifies it.

When he became President, I was under the stupidly false impression they would keep things from him. How naive of me.

[Siwsan]

4. Speech may be free, but consequences can be quite costly

[Clarity2]

6. Since the military

has zero tolerance for extremism or hate groups, he should get booted out of the military. This should not be an exception.

[FM123]

7. They did the right thing in stripping his clearance

Last night's Rachel show really made that point about the military's refusal to allow that kind of twisted hate group mentality being tolerated or spread by its servicemen/servicewomen.

[Gothmog]

9. This was an appropriate action

[Lee-Lee]

10. Excellent. As it should be

Unfortunately there is not always a clear and consistent habit of always revoking or denying for people who demonstrate in one form or another they cannot be trusted with access to classified information. I am glad they got it right in this instance.

[SweetieD]

11. From other articles it was clear Jack's clearance was stripped before last weekend.Although it didnt

Say what for.

This guy is total scum. I knew his name because he pushed that pizzagate conspiracy theory hard. He is aligned with a bunch of altright and rw conspiracy people. I wouldn't be surprised if he was on scavinos payroll.

[Me.]

12. Another Definition For An INtelligence Oficer Stripped Of Security Clearance

Toast