Mr. Ridge said he had invited every governor to name five state officials to apply for security clearances so they could be given more information about terrorist threats.
As of August, under a new federal program designed to accelerate Presidential transitions, Trump's staff was eligible to apply for security clearances, so that they could receive classified briefings immediately after Election Day.
Officials who have access to classified government information, like in the White House, must apply for security clearances.
If that's the case, that means that Canada's bulk data collection agency is in the game of collecting the personal information of anyone applying for security clearance — that could include bureaucrats, defense contractors, spies, and certain politicians.
White House officials are required to disclose sources of foreign income while applying for security clearances; Democrats have challenged that Flynn did so.
Abu Hassan applied multiple times for security clearance, but was refused each time.
Federal investigators examining the backgrounds of 3,500 employees at Logan International - the departure point for two of the aeroplanes used in the September 11 attacks - found that the workers had used deception to apply for jobs or for security clearance to work at the airport.
When Mr. Kuby, the defense lawyer, applied for a security clearance for a later trial, Judge Mukasey met with a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent to argue against the idea, saying he was convinced that Mr. Kuby had leaked sealed documents to Newsday and The New York Times.
He forgot to list more than 100 names of foreign contacts when he was applying for his security clearance. .
But Flynn did accept the funds from Kremlin-backed news agency RT and failed to disclose them when he applied for a security clearance last year, Cummings and Chaffetz said Tuesday.
'DIA did not locate any records of Lieutenant General Flynn seeking permission or approval for the receipt of money from a foreign source.' But Flynn did accept the funds from Kremlin-backed news agency RT and failed to disclose them when he applied for a security clearance last year, Cummings and Chaffetz said Tuesday.
