Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Bewildered but not Surprised

A colleague at work told me about this yesterday afternoon and I sloughed it off, but as I chewed on it, I had to investigate.   The querry for google was "security clearance for ivanka".  The results were as follows:

Ivanka Trump getting West Wing office and security clearance despite ...

hotair.com/.../ivanka-trump-getting-west-wing-office-and-security-clearance-with-no-...
13 hours ago - Two: She's applied for a security clearance, which is unusual twice over — not only do presidential family members typically not receive them, ...

Ivanka Trump to get top security clearance and office, WH ... - CNN.com

www.cnn.com/2017/03/21/politics/ivanka-trump-west-wing/
15 hours ago - Washington (CNN) Ivanka Trump will work out of an office in the West Wing and get asecurity clearance, a White House official told CNN ...

Ivanka Trump to get top security clearance and office ... - FOX2now.com

fox2now.com/.../ivanka-trump-to-get-top-security-clearance-and-office-wh-official-s...
7 hours ago - WASHINGTON -- Ivanka Trump will work out of an office in the West Wing and get a security clearance, a White House official told CNN ...

Ivanka Trump To Get Security Clearance, West Wing Office—But No ...

www.commondreams.org/.../ivanka-trump-get-security-clearance-west-wing-office-n...
16 hours ago - "Doesn't the Trump administration have enough ethics problems? Aren't there already enough conflicts of interest to sink a ship?" by.

Ivanka Trump Is Getting Security Clearance, Because of Course She Is ...

https://www.themarysue.com/ivanka-trump-security-clearance/
17 hours ago - Ivanka Trump holds no official office in her father's administration, but that hasn't stopped her from sitting in on meetings with world leaders and ...

Ivanka Trump to receive White House office, security clearance - ABC ...

abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-receive-white...security-clearance/story?id...
1 day ago - President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump will receive an office in the West Wing of the White House and a security clearance as she ...

Ivanka Trump given West Wing office and security clearance in ...

www.telegraph.co.uk › News
1 day ago - Ivanka Trump has been given her own West Wing office, confirming her position as a key member of her father's White House team.



ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! What the...... shut yo mouth........but I'm talkin' 'bout trump........and we can dig it.

I thought we got rid of this distraction back in December of last year. So now I've got to revisit it. What possible case can be put forward that ivanka trump needs any level of security clearance, much less the top level of clearance. The following is one of the criteria that must be met, to be granted security clearance per the State Department:


"Eligibility will be granted only where facts and circumstances indicate access to classified information is clearly consistent with the national security interests of the United States. Access to classified information will be terminated when an individual no longer has need for access."

https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm


Further information was found on a site listed as military.com:

Guideline B: Foreign Influence
The Concern:
Having close ties with individuals who are not citizens of the United States could create the potential for foreign influence that could result in the compromise of classified information.
Contacts with citizens of other countries or financial interests in other countries could also create vulnerability to coercion, exploitation, or pressure.

http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/security-clearance-jobs/security-clearance-eligibility.html


In a recent New York Times article, ivankas 'attempt' to seem within the criteria for receiving clearance was explained as follows:

"Ms. [t]rump handed over day-to-day control of her company to her top executive, Abigail Klem, and transferred its assets to a new trust overseen by relatives of her husband.

Under the trust, which was executed in the first week of March, Ms. [t]rump may address potential conflicts in one of two ways: recuse herself from related White House business or veto a potential business deal for her company, said Jamie Gorelick, a longtime ethics lawyer in Washington who is an independent adviser to the [i]vanka [m]. [t]rump Business Trust."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/business/despite-trust-ivanka-trump-still-wields-power-over-her-brand.html?_r=0

What a load of crap.  She still has the ability to make decisions for her company while receiving intelligence that may present her with 'insider' information.  And......who's going to be her watch dog on each and every piece of White House business that she's going to touch.  Where's the certainty that this person, who does not work for our government, isn't taking information that she becomes privy to and uses it to make private, personal business decisions that ultimately result in personal monetary gain?

ivanka trump has no position in the administration other than that of daughter. ivanka trump does not meet the criteria for receiving security clearance. No person is above the law. Even Neil Gorsuch said this in relation to trump at his confirmation hearing yesterday.

In essence, this is a short and simple post. I will be calling my congressman & my senators to demand that they review the granting of security clearance to ivanka and demand that they put pressure on their colleagues to start the process of appointing an independent prosecutor because this is just one more illegal activity that makes trump impeachable.


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