Possibly he means they aren't given it because the President IS the Executive. All the Intelligence Departments and other departments (the Administrative State) work under him, created and funded by Congress to help the President more efficiently carry out his job. I mean technically the President could run the Executive by himself but that is not practical.
All the departments - including the Intelligence - serve at the 'Presidents pleasure'. So he would automatically have security clearance, he wouldn't have to be given it as that assumes the Intelligence agencies are above the President and of course they are not.
Somewhere along the line the Administrative State/Intelligence Agencies set themselves up as a 4th Branch of Government and behave as if they have power over the President.
Possibly he means they aren't given it because the President IS the Executive. All the Intelligence Departments and other departments (the Administrative State) work under him, created and funded by Congress to help the President more efficiently carry out his job. I mean technically the President could run the Executive by himself but that is not practical.
All the departments - including the Intelligence - serve at the 'Presidents pleasure'. So he would automatically have security clearance, he wouldn't have to be given it as that assumes the Intelligence agencies are above the President and of course they are not.
Somewhere along the line the Administrative State/Intelligence Agencies set themselves up as a 4th Branch of Government and behave as if they have power over the President.