Trump Official Charged in Capitol Riots Had a Rap Sheet and Still Got Top-Secret Clearance

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The former State Department official accused of brawling with Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 riot had a number of previous run-ins with the law—including a 2013 assault charge.

Less than four years before he joined the State Department as a Trump administration political appointee, Federico “Freddie” Klein allegedly assaulted a woman, stealing two items from her car after wrestling her out of the way during an altercation.

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8m8q/trump-official-charged-in-capitol-riots-had-a-rap-sheet-and-still-got-top-secret-clearance

 

Edited March 13, 2021 by CanAm1980

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and there was no conviction.  it is obvious that whoever wrote this knows zero about clearances.

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3 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

and there was no conviction.  it is obvious that whoever wrote this knows zero about clearances.

And yet, his past behaviour was a strong indicator of future performance 

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2 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

And yet, his past behaviour was a strong indicator of future performance 

ever heard of innocent until proven guilty?

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4 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

ever heard of innocent until proven guilty?

That's not the standard for security clearance.

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Another person who shouldn't have security clearance

 

Navy investigators found contractor in Capitol riot was known as a white supremacist

A U.S. Army reservist who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was widely known as a white supremacist and regularly discussed his hatred of Jews while working at a New Jersey-based naval facility, according to new evidence revealed by federal prosecutors late Friday.

The reservist, Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, who worked as a security contractor at Naval Weapons Station Earle and held a secret-level security clearance, was arrested and charged Jan. 15 for allegedly breaching the Capitol. At the time, prosecutors described him as an “avowed white supremacist” and Nazi sympathizer, a determination based in part on evidence provided by a confidential source to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and a YouTube channel in which Hale-Cusanelli expressed those views.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/13/capitol-riot-navy-white-supremacist-475714

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17 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

That's not the standard for security clearance.

you have one?

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4 hours ago, Ban Hammer said:

you have one?

I am not in charge of security clearance, but I am guessing that someone who would commit sedition should have theirs stripped.

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13 hours ago, CanAm1980 said:

I am not in charge of security clearance, but I am guessing that someone who would commit sedition should have theirs stripped.

that didn't answer the question. 

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6 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

that didn't answer the question. 

What "you have one"? That's a non sequitur, not a question.

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37 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

What "you have one"? That's a non sequitur, not a question.

it's a question.  do you have a clearance? 

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2 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

it's a question.  do you have a clearance? 

I haven't for years.

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1 minute ago, CanAm1980 said:

I haven't for years.

yet you seem to jump on the bandwagon of outrage even though you don't have one now nor are you well versed in the current process of having one.

some of us have had a security clearance for over 40 years, so you might find it worthwhile to simmer down with the outrage.

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10 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

yet you seem to jump on the bandwagon of outrage even though you don't have one now nor are you well versed in the current process of having one.

some of us have had a security clearance for over 40 years, so you might find it worthwhile to simmer down with the outrage.

"Seem" is the operative word. I don't see any explosive language on my part that would indicate outrage. 

 

It is no secret that arrests and allegations can impact a background check.

 

The fact is, someone with Top Secret clearance was identified as participating in an action against the US Government that went beyond peaceful protest.

 

Based on his current behavior, he shouldn't have had a role at state department.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

"Seem" is the operative word. I don't see any explosive language on my part that would indicate outrage. 

 

It is no secret that arrests and allegations can impact a background check.

 

The fact is, someone with Top Secret clearance was identified as participating in an action against the US Government that went beyond peaceful protest.

 

Based on his current behavior, he shouldn't have had a role at state department.

 

 

was the person with a TS the guy in this article?