Trump Administration Strips Security Clearance From 37 Officials
President Donald Trump’s administration said that she revoked the security authorizations of 37 current officials and former national security, citing “politicization or weapons of information”.
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Why it matters
The action is part of a continuous effort of the White House to penalize the civil servants he deems hostile to his objectives, and it renews the debate on the use of security authorizations as a political instrument.
In March, Trump revoked the security authorizations of a certain number of his political opponents, including former president Joe Biden and his family, the former vice-president Kamala Harris, the former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the former representative Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and the general prosecutor of New York Letitia James.
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What to know
In a memo published on X, formerly Twitter, Director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused the affected individuals of “manipulating information, fleeing classified information without authorization and / or of committing intentional blatant violations of trade standards”.
She added: “The fact of being sentenced to security authorization is a privilege, not a right. Those of the intelligence community which betray their oath to the Constitution and put their own interests before the interests of the American people have broken the sacred confidence they have promised to support this, they underestimated our national security, the security and security of the American people and the fundamental principles of our Democratic Republic.”
The memo has provided no evidence in support of the accusations.
The memo declared that the affected persons had engaged in some or all the following actions: “Politicization or the armament of information to advance personal, partisan or non -objective agencies incompatible with the priorities of national security; the failure to safeguard classified information in accordance with laws, regulations and applicable agency policies;
The 37 people affected by the latest revocations include: Andrew Cedar, Andrew P. Miller, Benjamin A. Cooper, Beth E. Sanner, Brett M. Holmgren, Charles A. Kupchan, Christopher Center, Corinne A. Graff, Dilpreet K. Sidhu Prescott, Joel T. Meyer, Joel Willett, Julia W. S. Gurganus, Julia Santucci, Loren Dejonge Schulman, Luke R. Hartig, Maher B. Bitar, Mark B Feierstein, Mary Beth Goodman, Megan F. Doherty, Michael P. Dempsey, Perry J. Vinograd, Sarah S. Farnsworth, Shelby L. Pierson, Thomas W. West, Vinh X. Nguyen, William J. Tuttle, Yael Eisenstate.
The memo said that these people would have their access to systems, installations, materials and information classified immediately and that any contract or employment would also be terminated.
He also said that agencies should go to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence at the end of the revocations.
Many individuals left the government several years ago, according to the Associated Press. Some have worked on issues that have long rendered Trump’s merger, including the Russian interference investigation into the 2016 presidential election.
What people say
TULSI Gabbard national intelligence director wrote on X Tuesday: “Our intelligence community must be determined to maintain the values and principles devoted in the American Constitution and to maintain an emphasis on our mission to ensure the security, security and freedom of the American people.”
THE note Said: “Intelligence community professionals must remain non-supporter, focused on the facts and engaged in the truth above all. All the staff is recalled that the detention of an authorization is a privilege, not a right, and this privilege depends on continuous membership in the principles and responsibilities of our profession. Every problem of these standards not only compromises our mission, but also the security and security of the American population.”
Mark ZaidA national security lawyer whose own authorization was revoked by Trump, told the Associated Press: “These are illegal and unconstitutional decisions that deviate from very old and old decades who sought to protect against this type of action.”
