{UAH} CHERRY MILLS AMONG THOSE STRIPED WITH CLEARANCE

Hillary Clinton gives up her security clearance in wake of email scandal and cancels permission for five aides to look at state secrets as 'researchers'

·        Clinton and five aides still had security clearances

·        She left the State Department nearly six years ago

·        Famously operated private unsecured server for government emails 

·        The aides were cleared as 'researchers'; Clinton asked State to cancel theirs too

·        State Department letter reveals she asked clearance be withdrawn August 30

·        That was days after President Trump revoked former CIA Director John Brennan's clearance 

By DAVID MARTOSKO, U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 18:03 EDT, 12 October 2018 | UPDATED: 21:16 EDT, 12 October 2018

 

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has forfeited her government security clearance and requested the cancellation of clearances granted to five aides.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley released a letter from the State Department on Friday, confirming that Clinton, former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and four other unnamed staffers lost their access to state secrets on September 20.

Grassley asked State more than a year ago to investigate whether Clinton and her aides still held security clearances. 

President Donald Trump has long criticized Clinton for operating an unsecured secret home-brew email server during the years she was America's top diplomat. She used it exclusively for emails, both personal and official, while she was an Obama administration official.

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Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has forfeited her government security clearance and requested the cancellation of clearances granted to five aides

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President Donald Trump has long complained about security risks posed by an unsecured secret email server Clinton used for all her digital correspondence while she was secretary of state

Trump revoked former CIA director John Brennan's clearance over the summer. The White House said then that the president was reviewing clearances of other top officials, but Clinton's name was not on a list the White House released.

The list included former FBI director James Comey, former CIA director Michael Hayden, former national security adviser Susan Rice and former deputy FBI directorAndrew McCabe.

The letter to Grassley disclosed that Mills and Clinton's other aides 'had been granted access to classified information through a request made by Secretary Clinton designating them as researchers.'

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Former State Department Chief of Staff Cheryl Mills is among those Clinton aides who had their clearances removed

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The letter to Grassley disclosed that Mills and Clinton's other aides 'had been granted access to classified information through a request made by Secretary Clinton designating them as researchers'

 

 

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