The system is broken. Dan Coats declared,director of national intelligence,during congressional testimony on Feb 13 th.
Every century the nations top intelligence officials appear in public on
capital hill to brief Americans on the biggest global threats facing
the country. The testimony comes closer to home this year. Over more
than two miles Pennsylvania ave in the west wing of the White House.
Near 13 months into Donald groups presidency,dozens of his advisors
reportedly still hold only temporary security clearances. Rob porter
resigned on Feb 7 th amid allegations on domestic abuse. Rob denies
these allegations. For people working in The government interim security
clearances,coats told,access he said has to be limited in terms of the
kind of information they can be limited in to receive. To make matters
worse trumps handled Fri director,chris wrey,testified at the same panel
that the White House had known about porters problems for months. John
Kelly ,who defended porters character. On Feb 14 th , the GOP led house
oversight committee announced that it would open an investigation into
the matter,and a senior National Economic Council official who wouldn't
obtain a permanent security clearance reportedly resigned. Much
importantly the episode revealed a striking carelessness by the
administration of a president who regularly called for the jailing of
democratic presidential canidate Hillary Clinton. Her alleged handling
of classified information while secretary of state. The scandal
threatened to topple Trumps chief of staff John Kelly.
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Time Magazine
By
Tessa Brenton
Scrambled By
Nicholas Wheelock
