Rob Porter is still in the news, even after a week. He’s the deputy White House paper shuffler who resigned when both ex-wives accused him of domestic violence. What is keeping his story in the news is that he was working with classified documents with temporary security clearance because he hadn’t yet (and probably couldn’t have) gotten permanent clearance. A wife-beater could be blackmailed.
Another part of the story is the huge number of top-level staffers without adequate clearance. One may wonder why that’s an issue when the nasty guy, the one at the top, is so indiscreet.
So a lot of ex-staffers who have seen a great deal of classified material, even though they shouldn’t have, know stuff of great interest to lots of foreign governments and sinister actors. And some of those ex-staffers have already shown their disdain for the country. Every one a walking national security threat. But since the guy at the top has no respect for security, this problem won’t get fixed.
Melissa McEwan of Shakesville adds that the nasty guy is an insecure braggart and to someone like that the only purpose of information is to prop up his ego – and can only do that when he spills it.
There is one solution: Get rid of him. But the only people who can have refused.
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