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Straightforward. your security clearance does not go with you when you leave government. so if he left in august 2014, even if he re-upped it for a maximum of two years, that is august 2016, well into the campaign. plenty of time to say, okay, if we're looking at you to be the national security adviser, advising the president on everything from sanctions to human rights issues, that he should be re-investigated, declare all of his payments. that should have been part of the conversation then. so what this points to is that the white house not only neglected the background briefing process, the...

>> it doesn't seem to be. actually it points to what we've all suspected, that this is an administration that was simply not prepared to run government. you don't have people in key positions at the pentagon, at the state department, and clearly vetting wasn't done for senior people who are in the white house. the process alone is pretty straightforward. your security clearance does not go with you when you leave government. so if he left in august 2014, even if he re-upped it for a maximum of two years, that is august 2016, well into the campaign. plenty of time to say, okay, if we're looking...