Article: After Year, 15 White House Aides Have Yet to Receive Security Clearances

More than a year after President Clinton took office, 15 White House aides, including press secretary Dee Dee Myers and another unidentified senior official, have yet to receive security clearances because they failed to complete necessary paperwork, administration officials said.

As a result, Myers and the other aides have not received permanent White House passes and are operating on "temporary passes."

Those passes are given new employees to allow White House access until FBI background checks are completed. Once checks are made, the White House counsel's office clears employees and the Secret Service determines if they should be given permanent White House access.

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