security clearance
noun
: special permission given only to people who are approved to know or see secret things
The documents are only available to people with security clearance from the government.
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Appointees will be granted interim security clearance immediately on his first day in office and will undergo FBI background checks after his administration takes over the agency, The Guardian reported, citing unnamed sources.
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
But the president-elect's team has not yet signed critical agreements with the Biden administration to officially move the transition forward, holding up the security clearance process.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2024
Because the transition has also failed to sign a separate agreement with the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been unable to conduct background checks needed to grant appointees security clearance.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Basically, he was confirmed on a party line vote in the U.S. Senate with Kamala Harris breaking the tie to put this person that should not even have a security clearance in the third-most powerful position at DOD.
—NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
But the president-elect's team has not yet signed critical agreements with the Biden administration to officially move the transition forward, holding up the security clearance process.
—Kristin Brown, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2024
Because the transition has also failed to sign a separate agreement with the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been unable to conduct background checks needed to grant appointees security clearance.
—Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Basically, he was confirmed on a party line vote in the U.S. Senate with Kamala Harris breaking the tie to put this person that should not even have a security clearance in the third-most powerful position at DOD.
—NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Security clearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20clearance. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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