Trump's inner circle is getting unusual access to secret information, and former White House officials are concerned

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• The Trump administration could be threatening national security, given how it handles security clearances, according to former White House and intelligence officials. 
• The White House granted security clearances to at least 25 people who were previously denied them, according to a new report. 
• Former CIA and National Security Agency director Gen. Michael Hayden referred to the report as "quite amazing" in an email to INSIDER.  
• "I am unaware of President Obama ever intervening in an issue relating to the granting of a security clearance," Brian McKeon, a former National Security Council chief of staff under former President Barack Obama, told INSIDER.

The Trump administration has reportedly been doling out security clearances in a way that could pose a risk to national security, according to former White House and intelligence officials. 

At least 25 people in the Trump administration were granted security clearances after previously being denied, according to the testimony of a White House whistleblower to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. 

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