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Process of issuing security clearance to all government employees. if inconsistencies are found, ncsc will make recommendations to strengthen security clearance process. this can be discussed and will be discussed after we finish our remarks. we will also continue to ensure the federal workforce is clear of the importance of respecting classifications and is fully aware of whistleblower options. we will work with our counterparts in the executive branch and the congress to address this issue. le...

The processes for issuing security clearances to all ic employees including government officials, contractors, detai e detailees et cetera. if inconsistent sees are found, ncsc will make recommendations to strengthen the security clearance process. this can be discussed and will be discussed after we finish our rema remarks. we will also continue to ensure the federal work force is clear of the importance of respecting classifications and is fully aware of whistleblower options. we will work wit...

Information from his security clearance process, which is also a serious issue. >> and in terms of north korea, let me quickly a ask you this, because theres talk now from south korea that they are going to launch negotiations. is this a good idea? is this something the white house should sign on to is bilateral talks between north and south? and should we have talks with north korea given how poor our military options are? >> well, i think talks are okay. but you have to back up your talks with...

There are methods to do this, then thats one thing. if they are running into problems by not being truthful in their security clearance process, that is a whole another set of issues. and they should deal with it, again, not like, you know, a special person should not be handled, but like everyone else. and if theyre doing that, i feel comfortable theyll come to right conclusion on should they or should they not have the security kreerclearance. >> who makes that decision? >> so there is a syste...

White house aids. were joined by evan perez. how did the white house aids get dragged into all of this? >> this begins in june when the kushner legal team discovers this -- these emails which describe this meeting and they realize they now have to disclose it as part of the security clearance process and this begins a series of events, including notification to people inside the white house, the presidents own legal team becomes aware of this. and then they begin to strat jz about how to respond...

Ago, but at some specified earlier date. quote, in fact, maybe it was mentioned at some point. so to repeat the phrase, what did the president know and when did he know it? >> gloria, youve been speaking with sources with knowledge of the investigation. what are they telling you about the actual timeline? >> the key here is this june 21 date. this was when jared kushner and his attorney going through document review, as they would before they went back and spoke with the fbi as part of his secur...

Putin. for him it sends a message to russians that russia is back, its at the center stage. and secondly, its part of a campaign of discrediting us. he basically wants to show that our system is no better than his. >> right. its always been what aboutism. >> right. so we targeted a group of individuals that are close to him, hes going to target a group of individuals close to the u.s. administration. he really wants to show a moral he kwifs at least, and if he can discredit american freedom and ...

>> josh, one of the ironies of someone like jared kushner getting in this kind of trouble is prior to him deciding he will go into the white house and run the world, his only interaction with government forums is tax returns and he didnt fill those out. he has an army who does that. he just signs his name once or twice a year. this form he filled out under the pains and penalty of perjury as they say in the government, is something he had no experience with. and if he had just stayed in new york...

Person al penalty of perjury. jared kushner has good lawyers. his lawyer is a senior official in the clinton administration. you would think at the time he filled out that form he received descent legal advice about how to go through his security clearance process. why leave your good life in new york in part of it is family. and part of it is that kushner real estate empire was having trouble. in particular this one major investment, 666 fifth a avenue, a skyscraper a if you blocks from here. w...

The acting director of the fbi and to the white house to marsha lee kelly, deputy assistant to the president and director of white house management and office of administration. dear miss kelly, dr. acting direct your mccabe, we are writing to request information related to jared kushners security clearance. and they lay it all out about kushner not disclosing his meetings with foreign russian officials and hi application for top security clearance not including those meeting. question one, what...