{"id":17035,"date":"2019-10-31T17:08:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T21:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/?p=17035"},"modified":"2020-05-01T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:51:31","slug":"ten-most-tricia-newbold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/ten-most-tricia-newbold\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricia Newbold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; width: 100%; height: 450px;\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23d2d2d2&amp;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23d2d2d2&amp;d=nov19_flipbook_final&amp;hideIssuuLogo=true&amp;pageNumber=50&amp;u=portlandmagazine\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nNovember 2019<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p5\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8.\u00a0<span class=\"s1\"><b>From the Maine Woods to the D.C. Swamp<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is my last hope to really bring the integrity back into our office.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>\u2014Tricia Newbold<\/strong>\u00a0to the House Oversight Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">By Colin W. Sargent<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16873\" src=\"http:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov19_10Most-_8-Tricia-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"nov19_10Most _8 Tricia\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov19_10Most-_8-Tricia-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov19_10Most-_8-Tricia-200x237.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov19_10Most-_8-Tricia-295x350.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.portlandmonthly.com\/portmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/nov19_10Most-_8-Tricia.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>The first miracle is, how does a girl from Madawaska rise to become a senior security specialist in the\u00a0<strong>Executive Office of the President<\/strong>? Young women and men across the state will appreciate knowing how to chart those stars! The next miracle is, when your moment of truth comes, will you be equal to it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So often a person from Maine is called upon to be the conscience of our country. On 23 March 2019,\u00a0<strong>Tricia P. Newbold<\/strong>, \u201cat great personal risk,\u201d came before the\u00a0<strong>House Committee on Oversight and Reform<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cto expose grave and continuing failures of the White House security clearance system,\u201d according to a memorandum from the late Elijah Cummings (D-MD), chair of the committee. Twenty-five Trump Administration officials were first denied security clearances; Newbold was one of the specialists who issued the security denials. But a wand was waved, and suddenly they received overrides. According to the\u00a0<i>Washington Post<\/i>, Newbold began to keep a list of Trump staffers receiving security overrides \u201cin 2018.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn an administration in which too many have chosen the path of least resistance\u2014silence\u2014Tricia Newbold decided to put principle first and speak out,\u201d says\u00a0<strong>Ned Price<\/strong>, former National Security Council spokesman under President Obama, who has worked with Newbold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAs a native of Madawaska, Tricia\u2019s integrity and willingness to stand up for what she believes is right are a testament to her Aroostook County values,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Senator Susan Collins<\/strong>\u00a0says. \u201cWhistleblowers have played a vital role over the decades in bringing to the attention of Congress wrongdoing, fraud, and abuse.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>By speaking up, Tricia hopes to ensure that Americans can have confidence that decisions to grant, deny, or revoke security clearances are based solely on established guidelines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Since her appearance, Newbold has disappeared from the public eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Global Intel reports Newbold \u201cearns around $120,000 a year and began with the government earning less than $30,000.\u201d She started her career with the Clinton Administration in 2000, then continued during the George W. Bush Administration, the Barack Obama Administration, and now the Trump Administration. She\u2019s 40 and lives in Severn, Maryland. Her parents still live in Madawaska.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe was a very smart and determined student who did not want special privileges or special treatment. Her friends were helpful, lifting her up when necessary, so she could do \u2018things\u2019 by herself and not have someone do it for her,\u201d says Gis\u00e8le Dionne, Superintendent of Schools, Madawaska. \u201cI taught the physical sciences. I\u2019m thrilled that you\u2019re naming Tricia. She\u2019s very deserving.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Maine Woods to the D.C. 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