Discussion: Politico: Kelly Knew Porter's Security Clearance Would Be Denied Weeks Ago

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Uh-oh, I smell “full confidence” in the air…

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Well what a shock pos men covering for pos man

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Also preibus had to know about this as well

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Shorter Kelly
So What?
We don’t give a Fuck. Look who is President

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In June, the FBI told the White House about the accusations, but it’s not clear whether that news reached McGahn.

The envelope with the report fell behind the AM-FM radio in the guard shack at the WH grounds entrance. C'mon, we've all done it.
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That’s why Trump’s reported call to Priebus was made. To get their stories straight.

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What call? I haven’t heard about that

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“Kelly Knew Porter’s Security Clearance Would Be Denied Weeks Ago.”

Well, I can understand how he overlooked this. With so many of Trump’s minions unable to obtain security clearances, it is easy to lose track.

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:laughing:

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BS, Kelly knew months and months ago, Porter couldn’t do part of his job which was handling the most secret documents for POTUS. Kelly probably knew the first month.

As always with the Trump administration, the timeline always catches them in lies.

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Things that Kelly says and does…

Dick - IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/IIII/III
Not a Dick - II (I’m being generous)

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Any other administration his career would be over, then again any other administration he probably wouldn’t have had a career in it in the first place.

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HR filters for staffing the White House:

Competence
Availability
Soullessness
Interest in position
Trumplicker
Experience
White Nationalist
Security-Clearance Eligible
Masochistic Xenophobe
Can Relocate

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This is the former chief of Homeland Security (what an un-American title that is), sitting on his hands when high government officials lack the qualifications to get security clearances. Certainly, one of those best people der Furor blathers about.

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Not fair!

I’m sure the if pos man Porter had had more melanin in his skin, pos man Kelly wouldn’t have looked the other way.

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[quote=“austin_dave, post:15, topic:68386”]
Filters for staffing the White House:
[/quote]I think you need to move competence, experience, and security clearance eligible to the bottom of the list.

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Those are only in there because of federal diversity-in-hiring laws. Nobody checks those boxes.

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Helpful article, Ms. MacNeal. Thank you.

But about this:

Kelly planned to fire those who were denied security clearances, but had not yet done so, according to Politico.

The obvious question arises, and I notice that the Politico article does mention Kushner in passing.

It also says Trump joked (?) about Porter being “the smartest guy in the White House,” and …

“Maybe he’ll be my next Supreme Court pick."

Hoo-boy.

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Evidently, Republicans and the military are playing fast and loose with security.

Republicans have now abandoned national security, along with Christianity, and law and order.

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