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Some of which raise serious counterintelligence concerns. i asked director comey about this last week. ms. yates, what are the consequences for white house staffers to disclose their contacts on their security clearance forms? >> there can be a variety of ramifications. you can lose your clearance, your job, or you can be criminally prosecuted in certain circumstances. >> is it up to the department of justice or fbi to pursue these allegations against staffers who do not disclose appropriately? ...

Can you lend some insight as to why the chairman would need to go to the white house complex? to be clear, he was at the executive office building on white house grounds. why would he he need to go there to view class 32ed information? is it possible he would have done this at the request of a low level white house staffer. it seems unlikely this wouldnt be something that staffers would have knowledge of. >> its odd. usually when congressman want to have con tir mags, the branch give it is to th...

Non-u.s. government to register with the united states. >> right. so the national security division of the department of justice writes, this is their manual, the purpose of fara as it is known is to ensure that the uss government and the people of the united states are informed of the source of information and the identity of persons attempting to influence u.s. public opinion, policy, and laws, unquote. would you agree that guarding against foreign espionage or foreign influence measures falls...

With the united states. >> right. so the national security division of the department of justice writes this is their manual, the purpose of fara is to ensure that the u.s. government and the people of the united states are informed of the source of information and the identity of persons attempting to influence u.s. public opinion, policy and law, unquote. would you agree that guarding against foreign espionage or foreign influence measures false under this heading? >> yes. >> in general is wil...

Allegations of misconduct among state department workers, contractors and even an ambassador, an internal inspector general memo from last october stated that the ambassador under investigation "routinely ditched his protective security detail in order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children." the memo also alleged that a senior state department official told diplomatic security to "cease the investigation while the ambassador remains in place." other allegations from t...

Order to solicit sexual favors from both prostitutes and minor children." the memo also alleged that a senior state department official told diplomatic security to "cease the investigation while the ambassador remains in place." other allegations from the 2012 memo included members of secretary is clintons protective security detail, allegedly engaging with prostitutes while abroad. there were also allegations of pedophilia, sexual assaults, extra-marital affairs that presented counterintelligen...