White House official resigns after not getting security clearance over pot use

Washington (CNN) –  A White House staffer is leaving after he learned that he wouldn’t receive a permanent security clearance after he admitted to smoking marijuana, Politico reported on Wednesday.George David Banks, a National Economic Council staffer, told Politico that the White House counsel’s office informed him that his application for a permanent clearance was being denied because he admitted to smoking marijuana in 2013. He offered his resignation s