Охрана секретов

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Скандал с отставкой Роба Портера высветил тот факт, что в администрации Трампа многие люди работают с документами повышенной секретности, не имея на то постоянного доступа.

Thirty to 40 White House officials and administration political appointees are still operating without full security clearances, including senior adviser to President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and -- until recently -- White House staffer Rob Porter, according to a US official and a source familiar with the situation.
The White House claims that the backlog of interim security clearances is a procedural consequence of the review process carried out by the FBI and White House Office of Security, which can take time to complete.
But several sources, including intelligence officials who have served previous Democratic and GOP administrations, describe the backlog as very unusual and make clear that the process should have been completed after a year in office.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/09/politics/trump-officials-pending-security-clearances/index.html



Должность Staff Secretary, которую занимал Портер, была специально создана, чтобы упорядочить работу со сверхсекретными документами, которые ложатся на стол президенту. Первым эту должность занимал при Эйзенхауэре генерал Гудпейстер, впоследствии - один из столпов антисоветского крыла консерваторов и автор быстро устаревшего доклада Policy Toward the Soviet Union. A Long-Term Western Perspective, 1987-2000.

Небрежное отношение к государственным секретам (высеченное и историей с Портером, и историей с докладом Нунеса) напомнило также историю о том, как Трамп, принимая Лаврова и Кисляка в Овальном кабинете, выдал им сверхсекретную информацию, полученную израильской разведкой. Дополнительные подробности стали известны в ноябре из репортажа Vanity Fair.

“I get great intel,” the president suddenly boasted, as prideful as if he were bragging about the amenities at one of his company’s hotels. “I have people brief me on great intel every day.”
He quickly went on to share with representatives of a foreign adversary not only the broad outlines of the plot to turn laptop computers into airborne bombs but also at least one highly classified operational detail—the sort of sensitive, locked-in-the-vault intel that was not shared with even Congress or friendly governments. The president did not name the U.S. partner who had spearheaded the operation. (Journalists, immediately all over the astonishing story, would soon out Israel). But, more problematic, President Trump cavalierly identified the specific city in ISIS-held territory where the threat had been detected.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/trump-intel-slip

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