Candidate Questions How a GOP Group Got Her Security Clearance Application
Abigail Spanberger
Photographer: Steve Helber/AP Photo
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A former CIA officer running as a Democrat for a Virginia House seat questioned the legality of a Republican super-PAC obtaining her security clearance application to use in the political campaign.
Abigail Spanberger, who is challenging Republican Representative Dave Brat, said there’s “no legal way” the Congressional Leadership Fund should have gotten the document through a Freedom of Information Act request.