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Career officials received information last year, and what they considered to be the final background investigation report in november. but they had not made a final recommendation for adjudication to the white house because the process was still ongoing when porter resigned. >> the process. so career officials, she said received the report not team trump. but john kelly is the chief of staff. a job that includes managing the staff among them the staff secretary rob porter and of course those career officials in the white house personnel security office. at least sanders was willing to make the...

For a limited amount of time. and it's supposed to be narrow in scope. the person is not supposed to be able to touch top secret or classified materials. now, also, i also understand from my sources that when a president or top staff wants someone, they categorize whose priority. and if rob porter was priority, he could have had his security clearance by now if indeed he passed the muster. so there is a lot of holes here. >> sure. >> and the question with finding out this information, the question is now if you are limited in scope with what are you supposed to do with international rum securi...

Perhaps some of these other 30 to 40 white house staffers who were operating under temporary security clearance might have a similar risk. do you think that is founded? >> i do. because this exists for a reason. it exists because it's supposed to vet individuals for a variety of factors, including their trut worthiness, loyal to the united states, even their strength of character. these are all things that are actually in the rules and policies that govern the security clearance process. and so if you have a large group, and 40 is a large group of individuals, working in the white house who ha...

>> i do also think that what is different about this is that it actually is somewhat limited scope. if you listen to what trey gowdy is trying to say, there's a process that needs to be reformed by which people get security clearances. i think that's pretty narrow as it comes for an investigation into the trump administration, this is not a sort of sprawling special counsel investigation. that explains why republicans are more willing to go there. it's a pretty discreet thing they can address and hopefully fix and deal with this problem with suburban women, for example. and perhaps put it behi...

General carry cordero also the senior assistant general, and retired fbi mike rogers. i should note for the viewers both of you have been through the security clearance process yourself. but congressman rogers i'll start with you. do you agree with dan coats anyone working on security clearance should have some limitations on intelligence they are able to receive? >> i do, unless it is a very rare circumstance indeed. and by now people who have been at the white house some length of time should have a determination on their clearance. so i get a little concerned, and i'll tell you why, sends a...