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Nina Lakhani in New York

US soldier who posted about killing Black people given top security pass

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Lloyd Austin, the US defense secretary, with Gen Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at a news briefing at the Pentagon in May.
Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, with Gen Mark Milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at a news briefing at the Pentagon in May. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA

A former paratrooper who allegedly enlisted in the army to become more proficient at killing Black people was given top security clearance despite ties to white supremacist organizations and Nazi ideology.

Killian Ryan was arrested on 26 August and charged with making a false statement on his army application for the secret security clearance, and then discharged on the same day for multiple drink-driving violations.

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