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Information that theyre seeing. thats what would have happened in a normal administration for someone who at this great length, at this great remove had still not passed the security clearance. >> jared kushners lawyer is saying that its not uncommon for the process to take this long with someone who has a lot of foreign entanglements, and there are others, veterans of previous administrations who say they had even more professional foreign contacts than jared kushner and theirs were done in hal...

If there is a problem they immediately tell the white house legal office. chief counsel. so at that point, the chief counsel would decide to take that to the chief of staff. in that case, don mcgann. going to john kelly. but really it breaks up this idea that sarah sanders is trying to give from the white house that the people inside the security office would have sat on this for months. people i spoke to. people who are lawyers who defended people who had problematic findings. people who worked...

Still not passed the security clearance. >> jared kushners lawyer is saying that its not uncommon for the process to take this long with someone who has a lot of foreign entanglements, and there are others, veterans of previous administrations who say they had even more professional foreign contacts than jared kushner and theirs were done in half the time, done in six months, five months. >> well, he is half right. its not unusual for someone with very complicated financial picture to take a lon...

That has been used by previous administrations. >> no, they are not. the processes of the trump administration are unique to the trump administration, including the process of obtaining security clearances for white house personnel like jared kushner. who still does not have a security clearance. some estimates indicate as many as 40 people in the trump white house do not have the security clearance that is required for their jobs. and now the security clearance process has completely undone the...

For all employees and its the same process used in previous administrations. i cant comment on anybody elses dismissal. >> you talked about multiple times of wanting to give you the best information youve had. the scandal has been going on a week now and we still dont have answers to the basic questions of who knew what, when. >> ive done the best i can to walk you through that process, as has raj, pretty extensively. i refer you back to all the statements weve given you. >> have you spoken spec...

Kushner is a different situation from porter of course. just when it comes to valuing above all else loyalty and the types of things in administration aide that trump always looks for and these considerations take secondary precedents. if there are red flags, who cares. >> the fact that jared kushner is able to read briefings without clearance is shocking. also the white house budget out. $4.4 trillion. not typically a number you see of republican administrations. it is really priorities. this i...

And administration officials still do not have full security clearances, including the presidents son-in-law, jared kushner. neither did rob porter who resigned last week as white house secretary. today, sarah sanders said, dont blame us. >> this is a process that doesnt operate within the white house. its handled by our law enforcement and intelligence community. and we support that process. its the same process thats been used for decades in other previous administrations. were relying on that...

Than the five most reebt recent presidents." its a 34% turnover rate in year one. youve been studying all these previous administrations. so, is this -- this is the highest number youve seen in modern presidencies? >> absolutely. its off the charts. its not just high. lowest was president george w. bush and highest was ronald reagan at 17%. you can see its clearly doubled than the highest president who had the most first-year turnover, which was ronald reagan. >> to what do you attribute this? >...

Because the f.b.i. conveyed that. maybe they didnt know all the details or maybe they didnt have the picture. i dont know. the white house has to make its call. >> how many shes do you need. she said versus he said. while we figure where the truth is lets set you aside in your position and bring you back if its found to be that this didnt happen. >> i strongly suspect in the bush administration he wouldnt have gotten a job. in the obama administration he would have have gotten a job. in the trum...

Condensed, the time that individuals are becoming exposed to the content and the time it takes them to launch and carry out the attack. >> americans and european lawmakers now demand action from social media saying it is time to step up and take responsibility for their conten content. but in hearings on both sides of the atlantic, these high-tech giants insist they are doing all they can to curtail jihadist activity, emphasizing new programs and technologies meant to stymie terrorist messaging ...