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1. bob69
   April 30th, 2016 @ 6:37 am

   A lot of people do not realize this, but there is no requirement for the president or VP to take a security background check before seeing classified material. Also,anyone hired by the president or VP is not required to have a security background check. This explains how Valerie Jarret, members of the Muslim Brotherhood and Obama’s collection of Czars could be put in place as soon as he was sworn in. The takeover from the inside out was made very easy.

   The following is from a Congressional Research Service report, read it here, select page 7 at the top of the pdf document:

   https://fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R43216.pdf

   From the document:

   Are Constitutional Officers (e.g., the President, Members of Congress) Required to Hold a Security Clearance to Access Classified Information?

   Security clearances are not mandated for the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices, or other Constitutional officers. The criteria for election or appointment to these positions are specified in the U.S. Constitution, and except by constitutional amendment, no additional criteria (e.g., holding a security clearance) may be required.

   As Commander-in-Chief, the President has the authority to establish the standards for access to classified national security information. This authority is typically exercised through the issuance of executive orders. Executive Order 13467, which covers suitability checks and security clearances for federal employees, applicants, and ontractors, includes a determination of which executive branch individuals are covered and which are exempted. ‘Covered individual’ means a person who performs work for or on behalf of the executive branch, or who seeks to perform work for or on behalf of the executive branch, but does not include:

   (i) the President or (except to the extent otherwise directed by the President) employees of
   the President under section 105 or 107 of title 3, United States Code; or

   (ii) the Vice President or (except to the extent otherwise directed by the Vice President)
   employees of the Vice President under section 106 of title 3 or annual legislative branch
   appropriations acts.

   The executive order mentioned above was signed in June of 2008 by GWB and mandated by Congress to be in effect by January 2009, just coincidentally in time for Barry to populate the Executive branch with people who could never have passed a security background check.

   Bush Executive order 13467:
   https://news.clearancejobs.com/2009/07/21/executive-order-13467-unified-security-clearance-structure/

   https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2009-title3-vol1/pdf/CFR-2009-title3-vol1-eo13467.pdf

   Read page 3.

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