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Scandal has unfolded and how in the world this was allowed to go on for as long as it did with rob porter and what it tells us about the security process and the handling of classified information. vivian, what do we know? >> well, at this point there's a lot of questions swirling around what chief of staff john kelly knew. there's been a lot of back and forth over the past week about how early he knew and to what extent he knew about these allegations against porter and the white house is still trying to clarify that. they've walked back their statements a couple times. there's also a lot of ...

Having to answer for it. i don't know if the process was broken based on the fbi director's report, it seems like timely information was provided at least by july, and then it was repeated again in november. and notwithstanding that, nothing was done. so it seems to me there was a break down here, but i don't know it's a break down you could attribute to the security process generally. it seems to be a break down in the west wing of the white house. >> this office of personnel security, which is kind of taking the latest round of white house blame for this, they have no investigatory power. as...

At least by july, and then it was repeated again in november. and notwithstanding that, nothing was done. so it seems to me there was a breakdown here, but i don't know it's a breakdown you could attribute to the security process generally. it seems to be a breakdown in the west wing of the white house. >> regarding process in the west wing, this office of personnel security, which is kind of taking the latest round of white house blame for this, they have no investigatory power. as far as i know and remember, they're the folks that issue, stamp the pass when you arrive, and that's the office ...

Break down here, but i don't know it's a break down you could attribute to the security process generally. it seems to be a break down in the west wing of the white house. >> this office of worse nel security, which is kind of taking the latest round of white house blame for this, they have no invest guatory power. as far as i remember their the folks that issue and turn in your pass when the time has come, but they have no field investgaatory power, correct? >> i don't know what it means when they say they were adjudicating. typically the white house chief of operations is the individual who ...

Fbi. intelligence officials have told me lot of these things are being held up because of lingering questions in the security process and as the fbi has said it's really up to the white house to issue these clearances once they have a recommends dags from the fbi. you can be involved on this at times. what is your explanation for how thisworks? >> i've asked the inspector general to investigate the security clearance process in the white house. this report by cnn is chilling. it indicates that a vast number of people with access to the nation's most important and consequential may have secrets...