Technically they don’t have clearances. Like POTUS, they can have access to classified material because they were elected to their offices. Unlike POTUS, they don’t automatically get access to anything they want to see.
Ordinarily people have to fill out a SF-86 and undergo a rigorous background investigation to get a clearance. For a top…
Technically they don’t have clearances. Like POTUS, they can have access to classified material because they were elected to their offices. Unlike POTUS, they don’t automatically get access to anything they want to see.
Ordinarily people have to fill out a SF-86 and undergo a rigorous background investigation to get a clearance. For a top secret clearance, that investigation is quite thorough. I doubt with Jackson’s alcohol issues and Perry’s baggage they could secure those clearances through the normal process. Which is why Johnson appointing them to the intelligence committee is so shameful and a threat to national security. A national security law expert would know whether or not those two could be denied classified information.
Technically they don’t have clearances. Like POTUS, they can have access to classified material because they were elected to their offices. Unlike POTUS, they don’t automatically get access to anything they want to see.
Ordinarily people have to fill out a SF-86 and undergo a rigorous background investigation to get a clearance. For a top secret clearance, that investigation is quite thorough. I doubt with Jackson’s alcohol issues and Perry’s baggage they could secure those clearances through the normal process. Which is why Johnson appointing them to the intelligence committee is so shameful and a threat to national security. A national security law expert would know whether or not those two could be denied classified information.