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Handling of the rob porter scandal. he announced yesterday he is overhalling the security clearance process after revelations that dozens of white house staff are operating without permanent clearance. author of "the gate keepers:how the chiefs of staff affect every presidency." his piece in vanity fair, and reince bring business and his time as chief of staff for president trump. chris whipple, thank you. let me ask you about john kelly. he made this announcement he's changing the clearance process. there was speculation that his days might be numbered in that position. has he righted the shi...

>> cnn learned the white house had more than 100 staffers working without full security clearance until november. that, of course, nearly a year into mr. trump's presidency. rob porter was among them. >> reporter: that's right. one year after the president was elected, several of his top staffers did not have full clearances, a sign of some deep troubles with that process here at the white house. among the people who lacked clearances are the president's daughter, ivanka trump, his son-in-law, jared kushner. but also surprising, don mcgahn, the white house counsel, the person who ultimately is...

Requests. and january of 2018, the fbi closed the file on the background investigation there. . so the fbi is saying -- if you listen to christopher wray, they didn't say anything about outsourcing information. >> i -- i'm not saying they did in this case. i was describing in general the way the clearance process is sometimes slow. and i think that's having to get contractors in is sometimes indicative of how the process can get slowed down. >> um-hum. i take your point. but some 60 to 70 people in the white house still don't have permanent security clearances which is higher -- 30 to 40 i sho...

>> i -- i'm not saying they did in this case. i was describing in general the way the clearance process is sometimes slow. and i think that's having to get contractors in is sometimes indicative of how the process can get slowed down. >> i take your point, but some 60 to 70 people in this white house still don't have permanent security cleans, which is higher -- 30 to 40 i should say. it is 30 to 40. >> i don't know. >> higher than previous administrations. it's 30 to 40. >> i don't know where they stand what the process is. normally security clearances secret level clearances you can get with...

We're going to hear more from him. >> well, i think we will. and i think what you've set up really indicates something that's been missing in this whole affair which is serious congressional oversight. this is a situation when congress should really step up. and of course under republican leadership, that is not happening. so, yeah, the fbi director will appear before congress. but there need to be serious oversight hears regarding the clearance process and certainly looking into what exactly happened in this white house. >> matt miller, what are the answers to the president's questions of wha...