‘expedited security clearances’?
“Sounds like a bad idea.”
Some clearances were actually obtained before the election.
“Before the election — in an unprecedented move — about 100 people from teams for Obama and for Republican John McCain were given top-secret security clearances. That ensured that the winner would start getting national security briefings immediately after the victor was declared.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96679404
Yes, I had heard of that at the time.