By Tim Mak
Donald Trump recently named Steve Bannon
to be a White House chief strategist and senior counselor to the
president. It’s a position that could give Bannon, the former chief of
the alt-right Breitbart media outlet, access to the nation’s most
sensitive secrets.
There’s just one problem: He might not be able to pass the background check.
The basic form required to get a security clearance, known as an SF86, asks about one’s arrest record, foreign contacts, association with organizations dedicated to the use of violence, and association with groups that advocate use of force to discourage individuals from exercising their constitutional rights.
All
of those questions could be seriously complicated for Bannon, who’s
been celebrated by American white nationalists, feted by Europe’s
ultra-right, and charged with choking his wife.
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Source: The Daily Beast
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