{"id":81984,"date":"2017-08-26T14:15:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T18:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=81984"},"modified":"2017-08-26T14:25:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T18:25:30","slug":"bannons-security-clearance-may-cause-media-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=81984","title":{"rendered":"This is how they intend to muzzle Bannon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bannon’s Security Clearance May Cause Media Issues<\/h1>\n

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By\u00a0Sandy Fitzgerald\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0NEWSMAX<\/p>\n

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s security clearance status could cause him issues moving forward as executive chairman at Breitbart News, according to legal experts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny time Breitbart now prints classified information they might now be required to clear it with the government,” Bradley Moss, a partner in the law office of Mark Zaid, whose specialty is national security and security clearance law, told\u00a0The Hill<\/strong><\/a>. “People with Top Secret clearances are bound by a non-disclosure agreement for life.”<\/p>\n

Almost immediately after Bannon’s ouster was announced Friday, he resumed his former job as executive chairman at Breitbart, conducting the website’s editorial meeting that evening.<\/p>\n

Bannon has said the\u00a0website<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a platform for the alt-right, and his return was hailed by Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, who noted the White House connection.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe populist-nationalist movement got a lot stronger today,\u201d said Marlow. \u201cBreitbart gained an executive chairman with his finger on the pulse of the (President Donald) Trump agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, even though news outlets often rely on classified information they believe is in the public interest, Bannon’s top secret clearance level leaves him with a legal dilemma.<\/p>\n

Susan Hennessey, a former attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the National Security Agency and the now-managing editor at the commentary website Lawfare, said Bannon has obligations to clear information before he can move forward with publishing it. He also has a legal duty to report classified leaks, because of his security level, she said.<\/p>\n

Other media personalities, like ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, have had security clearances, but Bannon went from the White House back to Breitbart almost immediately, said Moss.<\/p>\n

“If Breitbart suddenly gets a few scoops, it will be interesting to see how the Department of Justice will reply,” she said.<\/p>\n

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