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Security clearance for five years. anenou have to go and fill out all the paperwork again, especially if you're not in government. but even if you're in government. >> okay. >> because you have to keep that form up to date. maybe you have a new friend. maybe you have a new relative due to marriage. someone who is, say, a turkish national. you want to be able to disclose that to the government. i didn't mention earlier, the other reason is you don't want blackmail. you want your government to know everything so there are no secrets so no other government or entity can actually blackmail you to ...

Political vetting. what articles did you write? did you write any articles that might cause embarrassment to the white house. but the most important thing really is this sf-86, the security clearance form. in the case of general flynn you mentioned he would have had to reup. it's not entirely clear. off times someone like him coming out of the government, he was director of the defense intelligence agency. >> right at the top. >> it's a really important job. and oftentimes even if it's a new administration, they want to have access to that person to be able to pull them back, to use them as a ...

It's like a balloon you push on one side the other end comes out. that's the dynamic you're facing right now. moderates are not on board. i listened to the interview the reason he doesn't know when the bill will come up or wouldn't say because he doesn't know neither does paul ryan or kevin mccarthy. this bill is right now in neutral while they round up votes by moderates. i was talking to a senior house republican a couple minutes ago who said i hope we delay this a couple weeks so it doesn't affect government funding, doesn't affect some of the critical things we need to do. now, if you thin...

Somebody like mike flynn to go through in terms of becoming national security adviser in the trump white house? >> first of all, there is a security clearance to make sure you have no conflicts of interest, no foreign entanglements. makes sure the government knows who you get your money from, who you associate regularly, whether you have relatives or other foreign contacts that you're constantly in touch with. because they have to make sure that you don't have a conflict of interest, that you're putting the united states first. you're going into government. you're going tyke an oath to the u.s...

That? >> the form, fs 86 is the form that anyone fills out who's getting security clearance. it is true and i take them at their word that these payments were not disclosed and it is also true that if you knowingly misrepresent information, if you lie on that sf-86, it is a felony, so the question becomes now was it a deliberate omission or was it an accident? and that's something that i would expect both my committee, the intelligence committee to look into. >> the house oversight committee are saying that the white house failed to provide them with documents related to flynn, how surprising ...