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Haggis for Breakfast

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2. Congress has GOT to strengthen the laws prohibiting nepotism.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:22 PM

Mar 2019

The current system ignores the importance of national security being the over-riding concern when it comes to granting who receives these all-important clearances.

Simply being related to the CinC is NO BASIS for granting these ignorant, arrogant, naive people from seeing top secret materials. Lord only knows what damage Barbie Trump and Jar-Jar have created by being permitted to see such information and data.

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President pressured staff to grant security clearance to Ivanka Trump [View all] MelissaB Mar 2019 OP

I'm surprised trump himself could get a security clearance CatMor Mar 2019 #1

It should be revoked based on his behavior riversedge Mar 2019 #6

Congress has GOT to strengthen the laws prohibiting nepotism. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2019 #2

What do you have against Jar Jar Binks? jmowreader Mar 2019 #5

Investigate the other 40 or so that were also recommended by career staff for denial, and Evolve Dammit Mar 2019 #3

Y'know... jmowreader Mar 2019 #4