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18 year vet of WH security clearance process: denials overturned despite concerns about blackmail, foreign influence, or other red flags,
Here is the House Oversight memo oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat… 
Who is “Senior White House Official 1”? and “second very senior White House official” (“Senior White House Official 2”)?
first 2 adjudicators recommended denial to Snr WH official 2 over “multiple disqualifiers, including foreign influence & outside activities”
“Senior WH official 3” was a “high-profile official” at the NSC. clearance was denied, no longer at the White House
under Jan2018 policy, “if a favorable adjudication had ever been rendered on the individual” w/in last 6yrs, then “no further checks” needed
Newbold told Kline instance in which FBI name check revealed a reciprocal candidate w/TS-SCI clearance under investigation for crim.activity
Newbold told Committee staff that Mr. Kline responded, “that was one in I don’t know how many” & that “he was willing to accept the risk.”
2 high-level WH officials denied clearances based on concerns re: personal conduct, foreign influence, & for 1, foreign preference concerns
Senior WH Official 3 & another senior WH official were ultimately denied permanent security clearances after working w/interim clearances
Kline retaliation against Newbold included actions “designed to humiliate her as result of her rare form of dwarfism”
Contrast
Newbold repeatedly made clear her concerns r based on national security-not personal animus. complimented svl offls,inc John Kelly&Joe Hagin
Is Carl Kline still Director of Personnel Security at WH? Who would investigate him for retaliation, discrimination, poss. security lapses?
Per Cummings’ letter, Kline is now at DoD, and is going to get subpoenaed oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…
Cummings’ letter seeks EPIC data for Bolton, Flynn, Gorka, Kushner, McFarland, Robin Townley, Ivanka Trump, Rob Porter, John McEntee
