this. according to that defense contractor, they checked him out twice in the last year. and both times got his secret security clearance approved by the department of defense. the latest check, according to this company, was in june, erin. and they said that all they came up with was a minor traffic violation. that is an almost ridiculous security check if they can t even find what you and i can find or anybody else can find on the internet these days. drew griffin, thank you very much with that investigative report here. i want to bring in now outfront republican congressman michael mccall, chairman of the house homeland security committee. senator mccall you just heard that report from drew griffin. and i m trying to figure out exactly where to start with you on this. let s start i guess with this issue. how is it that the navy to begin with could give this person secret clearance, security
violation. that is an almost ridiculous security check if they can t even find what you and i can find or anybody else can find on the internet these days. drew griffin, thank you very much with that investigative report here. i want to bring in now outfront republican congressman michael mccall, chairman of the house homeland security committee. senator mccall you just heard that report from drew griffin. and i m trying to figure out exactly where to start with you on this. let s start i guess with this issue. how is it that the navy to begin with could give this person secret clearance, security clearance, when he had been arrested for gun violence in the three years prior to that time? how could that happen? is that acceptable in any situation? i don t think it is. i think your prior piece illustrates all the problems that we re finding with these clearances and who we re issuing them. to remember, alexis had three arrests, one prior to his
congressman michael mccaul. you just heard that report from drew griffin, and i am trying to figure out exactly where to start with you on this. let s i guess start with this issue, how is it that the navy, to begin with, could give this person secret clearance, security clearance, when he had been arrested for gun violence in the three years prior to that time? how could that happen? is that acceptable in any situation? i don t think it is. i think your prior piece illustrate all the problems that we re finding with these clearances and who we re issuing them to. remember alexis had three arrests, one prior to his clearance where he had anger fueled blackouts, according to the police reporting. yet that was never picked up on. then we know that he had the v.a. mental health issues. there was also a phone call to the newport police department where he said he was hearing voices. this is really not that long ago. hearing voices and thought that people were following him around.