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Trump advisers propose bypassing FBI background checks for appointees

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77% Informative

Memo being promoted by Boris Epshteyn , a senior legal adviser to the former president.

Memo is urging him to dispense with convention originally designed to protect national security.

Background checks on government appointees have been part of the US system for protecting national security secrets dating back to the second world war and early cold war.

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76

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72

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63

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semi-formal

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English

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78

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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