It’s the Corruption, and It’s Massive
Analysis (April 2, 2919) Twenty-five staffers in the White House had their clearances approved. Some may be compromised by foreign interests. Let’s be clear, it matters little who is the president, this falls under his (or her) purview. Presidents can override professional carrier staff that tells them that a preferred aide does not qualify for a clearance. However, most presidents listen to staff that tells them that a person could be compromised. There are reasons why these clearances are not given. They range from drug use to sex habits, to connections abroad. Any of these may be used to turn a person against the United States. In other words, they could be bribed. Or in the national security sense, they could be compromised.
This story should have been a scandal. And even ten years ago it would have been. It’s become a symbol of how corrupt the Federal Government is becoming, under the leadership of Donald Trump. The reality is that the party of national security does not care. The other party is speaking now because they do not have the White House. The rolls were inverted during the Hillary Clinton Email scandal, the one the media mostly missed. This is the emails that she shared with people with no security clearances, while Secretary of State. That scandal never became one either, and it is for the same systemic reasons this one will not rise beyond a few headlines.