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>> im not sure i understand the security clearance process versus the vetting process here. what kind of documentation, what kind of process would you expect somebody like mike flynn to go through in terms of becoming national security adviser in the trump white house? >> first of all, there is a security clearance to make sure you have no conflicts of interest, no foreign entanglements. makes sure the government knows who you get your money from, who you associate regularly, whether you have re...

Have had you without being on the show. >> thank you. >> im not sure i understand the security clearance process versus the vetting process here. what kind of documentation, what kind of process would you expect somebody like mike flynn to go through in terms of becoming national security adviser in the trump white house? >> first of all, there is a security clearance to make sure you have no conflicts of interest, no foreign entanglements. makes sure the government knows who you get your money ...

Confirmation hearing he never had an opportunity to lie or tell the truth under oath. >> right. most people in the west wing are not confirmed by the senate. they are appointed by the president. they are subjected to a political security clearance process and put in their jobs. >> and the travel ban which was much lauded by president trump a couple of weeks ago and has been held up in the courts and the like, its been delayed quite a lot. although the president had said that it was an urgent req...

Correspondent for the daily beast. tim, you reported on this extensively in the daily beast today, including the various processes involved in getting the security clearance. what are people telling you about someone like steve bannon going through the process to get a security clearance? >> look, steve bannon raise as lot of regular flags. and what national security experts are telling me, in particular, these experts are experts in getting security clearances is that he would have a bumpy road...

President could simply overrule that denial and order that security clearance. joining us now, tim mak, senior correspondent for the daily beast. tim, you reported on this extensively in the daily beast today, including the various processes involved in getting the security clearance. what are people telling you about someone like steve bannon going through the process to get a security clearance? >> look, steve bannon raise as lot of regular flags. and what national security experts are telling...

Became a contractor. >> right. >> how important is that to this issue? >> i tend not to think that it is that important frankly and i do want too make clear, i dont speak for nsa, im not working for them now. >> point taken. >> the fact he was previously hired as an employee suggests as it should that employees and contractors go through the same security clearance process, but the real question then is was something different about status as a contractor and he doesnt have the same whistle blow...

To ignite some criticism over the questionnaire. >> i think we will be called on to defend this question and defend the change that was made in 2008. >> reporter: iraq and afghanistan veterans say tighter standards would make them so scared of losing their clearances they just wouldnt seek help at all. >> because theyre concerned about their employment. theyre concerned about their career. >> reporter: in march, the government proposed changing the actual question to ask, in the last seven years...

To account. i dont know if youve gotten any answers yet. >> well, we havent. the bottom line is what happened earlier this week was a terrible tragedy. as with the snowden case earlier, look, i think corners are being cut through the security clearance process. there has to be some oversight. what im working on right now, andrea, is making sure that the office of personnel management, ig, that does the investigations, has access to some administrative money to be able to take a look at these com...

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