Jared Kushner who is more than a billion dollars in debt (when you include the mortgage on his building at 666 Park Ave.) has access to top secret information even though after more than a year he has only an interim security clearance. From the Washington Post:
Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, has been able to see some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets even as his background investigation has dragged on for more than a year.
What kind of top secret information? This kind:
Kushner has been present at meetings with the president where classified information was discussed and has access to the President’s Daily Brief, a digest of intelligence updates based on information from spies, satellites, and surveillance technology, according to people with knowledge of his access.
But I’m sure Kushner hasn’t accessed much in the way of top secret info.
And apart from staff on the National Security Council, he issues more requests for information to the intelligence community than any White House employee, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions.
Oh.
But that’s okay because Jared’s got a clearance to look at top secret stuff. In fact it’s so special it’s called an interim clearance.
Experts said it is rare to have such a high level of interim security clearance for such a long period of time. It is particularly striking access for someone like Kushner, who has never served in government and has a complex history of financial transactions, business ownership and contacts and dealings with foreigners.
I’m beginning to think that all the noise that was made about Clinton’s emails wasn’t really about national security after all.
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