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Kushner recently lost his secret, excuse me, his top secret security clearance amid worries from u.s. officials that foreign governments might try to gain influence with the white house by doing business with mr. kushner. now according to the "washington post" last night, those worries have been informed to the white house in part by intelligence intercepts. intelligence intercepts that have captured foreign officials discussing their dealings with jared kushner in the white house. beyond that, the associated press reports that those intelligence intercepts have revealed discrepancies in the i...

Usualyouls obviously there is a question about the classified material but a question what is holding up his clearance. one of the big advances in your reporting is we've previously been told the fbi was having problems for a background check for a security clearance application and the department attorney general contacted the white house and said there were serious remaining concerns about mr. kushner in terms of his background check but what you're describing tonight is separate and apart from whatever is going on at doj and fbi with the question of his background check, there are concerns ...

Out took steps to make sure he was notified when jared would be having those discussions. >> in terms of mr. kushner and his security clearance, of -- obviously there is a question about the classified material but a question what is holding up his clearance. one of the big advances in your reporting is we've previously been told the fbi was having problems for a background check for a security clearance application and as of february 9th, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein contacted the white house and said there were serious remaining concerns about mr. kushner in terms of his backgr...

>> this is a long time for a white house clearance to be classified as interim. there is usually not precedent for that many people at that level to go this long with interim clearance. to be clear it doesn't cover you to read things like compartmentalized information like in a presidential daily brief. to have 30 to 40 people lingering and not having clearances and the fbi hasn't signed off on background checks is a problem. we all know there is a backlog at various levels for security clearances. these are people in the white house. we are talking about suitability really for the position. t...

And jared kushner does not have a security clearance. and the reason he cannot get one is because apparently, he cannot get one. there was controversy from the outset about his security clearance two days before the inauguration, jared kushner made his initial application for a security clearance. he reportedly listed zero contacts on that application with foreign governments. this is after his meeting with the chinese and secretly meeting with the emiratis, and the trump tower russians. all of those foreign meetings, he disclosed zero foreign meetings initially on his security clearance appli...