The security clearance process in no joke- at least it wasn’t until now…

A White House staff member has told House investigators that senior officials have overruled concerns raised about 25 individuals whose security clearances were initially denied over a range of disqualifying issues — such as fears about foreign influence and potential conflicts-of-interests — warning of the grave implications to national security, according to a senior Democratic lawmaker.

Now House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings plans to issue a subpoena this week demanding an interview with Carl Kline, who served as the personnel security director at the White House during President Donald Trump’s first two years in office — as part of the Democrats’ investigation into the handling of the security clearance process, including for Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the President’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, who are both also White House advisers.
Cummings released a memo Monday detailing an interview with Tricia Newbold, a White House employee who has worked for 18 years in Republican and Democratic administrations and currently serves as the Adjudications Manager in the Personnel Security Office. According to the memo, Newbold, whom Cummings described as a whistleblower, alleges that the White House has overturned the denials of 25 individuals, including two current senior White House officials, saying those decisions were occurring “without proper analysis, documentation, or a full understanding and acceptance of the risks.”
“According to Ms. Newbold, these individuals had a wide range of serious disqualifying issues involving foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct,” Democratic committee staff write in the memo.
A source familiar with Newbold’s case told CNN Kushner and Ivanka Trump are on the list of 25 individuals.

This is the form you fill out to begin the process…
All the information is gone over in detail, looking for issues that could be used to compromise you. The higher the level you are applying for the more invasive it becomes.
You are interviewed in person, sometimes for hours. Acquaintances are interviewed as well… there are drug tests.
A ‘secret’ clearance process is extremely invasive, the process for higher levels can be far worse- unless you are a relative or friend of the president, apparently.

This is a threat to the security of our nation, and a slap in the face to those that followed the rules to get their clearances. And the GOP is fine with that…