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Under pressure over his handling of abuse allegations against a top aide, White House chief of staff John Kelly on Friday ordered sweeping changes in how the White House clears staff members to gain access to classified information, acknowl
stanley cup edging that the administration must do better in how it handles security clearances.Kelly issued a five-page memo that acknowledged White House mistakes but also put the onus on the FBI and the Justice Department to provide more timely updates on background investigations, asking that any significant derogatory information about staff members be quickly flagged to the White House counsel office.The issue has been in the spotlight for more than a week after it was revealed that former staff secretary Ro
stanley cup b Porter had an interim security clearance that allowed him access to classified material despite allegations of domestic violence by his two ex-wives.Now is the time to take a hard look at the way the White House processes clearance requests, Kelly wrote in the memo. We should 鈥?and in the future, must 鈥?do better.The memo said the FBI and Justice Department had offered increased cooperation and, going forward, all background investigations of top officers 8220 hould be flagged for the FBI at the outset and then hand-delivered to the White House Counsel personally upon completion. The FBI official who delivers these files should verbally brief the White House Counsel on any infor
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