2. at the characters in the Trump administration, few people have likely passed that level review. Gina Haspel already had a clearance. Likely Esper did too. But they would not be moved to ODNI. Grennel has been at a level in his UN spox work that could have resulted in a SCI.
3. Looking at Grennel's bio, the fact that he was @MittRomney's Foreign Policy spox is not what one might intuitively expect in a @POTUS #Trump appointment. It may be that. In conclusion: Grennel may have been on short list of persons in the administration who had sufficient SCI
4. clearance to do the ODNI job and who was not already in a job that would not easily facilitate the move. @maddow @Lawrence @FrankFigliuzzi1 @mrbromwich @McFaul @CIA @NSAGov @DefenseIntel @FBIWFO
@maddow @Lawrence @FrankFigliuzzi1 @mrbromwich @McFaul @CIA @NSAGov @DefenseIntel @FBIWFO 5. These clearances are hard to get and are coveted. Trump is so toxic he likely can't attract people qualified who are willing to throw it all away. Grennel is already damaged goods over Parnas.
