{"id":1949716,"date":"2023-06-16T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T01:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-national-security-officials-urge-congress-to-investigate-fbis-security-clearances-after-durham-report-findings\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T21:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T01:15:01","slug":"former-national-security-officials-urge-congress-to-investigate-fbis-security-clearances-after-durham-report-findings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-national-security-officials-urge-congress-to-investigate-fbis-security-clearances-after-durham-report-findings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-National Security Officials Urge Congress to Probe FBI&#8217;s Clearances Post Durham Report."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-national-security-officials-urge-congress-to-investigate-fbis-security-clearances-after-durham-report-findings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0617\/1d51e86f-e848-41c4-9bd8-6e21c6fc8346\/audio.mp3?length=3646413&#038;duration=304\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A group of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">national security officials<\/a> is calling on Congress to investigate the FBI\u2019s handling of security clearances after special counsel John Durham concluded that the bureau behaved recklessly in its handling of a 2016 investigation of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, former Secretary of Veteran Affairs Robert Wilkie, former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, former Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, former National Security Council Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz, and former deputy national security adviser Steve Yates all signed onto a letter on Thursday calling on Republican House leaders to initiate investigations into the FBI. The letter\u2014first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/06\/16\/exclusive-national-security-investigate-fbi-security\/\">shared with<\/a> the Daily Caller\u2014was organized by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a think tank organized by numerous members of the Trump administration, including Kellogg, Wilkie, Wolf, Whitaker, and Fleitz.<\/p>\n<p>The six former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-national-security-officials-urge-congress-to-investigate-fbis-security-clearances-after-durham-report-findings\/\" title=\"Ex-National Security Officials Urge Congress to Probe FBI's Clearances Post Durham Report.\">national security officials cited<\/a> a report Durham published last month, in which the prosecutor concluded that the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/special-counsel-john-durham-releases-report-on-fbis-handling-of-trump-investigation_919526.html\">relied on unvetted sources and claims to initiate an investigation of Trump<\/a> and surveil members of his 2016 campaign over allegations of collusion with the Russian government. The Durham report described how around the start of the investigation into the Trump campaign, then-FBI Director James Comey had been aware that the campaign of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-issues-pointed-message-to-biden-over-train-derailment-disaster\/\" title=\"Trump Issues Pointed Message to Biden Over Train Derailment Disaster\">main political rival<\/a>, then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, was planning to discredit Trump\u2019s candidacy by tying him to an election interference effort by Russian intelligence services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is crucial we address these serious concerns promptly and comprehensively to ensure individuals within the FBI who have demonstrated a lack of integrity in conduct related to these investigations\u2014or others\u2014do not maintain access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-slapped-unprecedented-gag-order-on-media-execs\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Slapped \u2018Unprecedented\u2019 Gag Order On Media Execs\">sensitive national security information<\/a>,&#8221; the six former national security officials wrote in their letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge you to hold immediate oversight hearings on the policies and criteria employed by the FBI for issuing, assessing, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-fbi-purging-conservative-employees-retaliating-against-whistleblowers\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan: FBI Purging Conservative Employees, Retaliating Against Whistleblowers\">revoking security clearances<\/a>,&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;Such hearings are necessary to ensure transparency, accountability, and public trust in our law enforcement agencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AFPI letter specifically asks Jordan and Comer to focus their investigations on the FBI\u2019s procedures for granting and revoking security clearances and how the bureau now mitigates political influences on its work.<\/p>\n<h2>FISA Abuses<\/h2>\n<p>The former national security officials also asked Jordan and Comer to investigate the frequency of disciplinary actions taken when members of the FBI improperly access a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of ex-national security officials urges Congress to probe FBI&#8217;s handling of security clearances. Special counsel John Durham&#8217;s findings reveal bureau&#8217;s reckless behavior during 2016 investigation of Donald Trump. Former national security adviser Lt. Gen. 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