FBI Removes Six White House Staffers After Major Issues With Security Clearances
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Catskillkid
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Ok, sounds bad, and probably is, but after reading the article it says you can fail the security clearance for having a bad credit score. I suppose this could open you up to blackmail or something like that but a poor credit score doesn't necessarily mean you're an assassin in waiting.
I doubt just the credit score would be a sole failure factor after six hour intrusive questionnaire, surely just some fake news reporter taking something out of context
Deplorable Me
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And how many Obama staffers got canned or rejected that didn't make the news?
I have seen clearances revoked because of a past bankruptcy. Credit reports show up quite a bit in clearance denial cases.I doubt just the credit score would be a sole failure factor after six hour intrusive questionnaire, surely just some fake news reporter taking something out of context
Understandable. As bank loan do all that chit too, but the sentence in the article did say "a questionnaire used to determine one’s level of security clearance. The test covers a range of topics but takes into consideration someone’s credit score, substance use, and various other personal subjects."
That's just mentioning the range of questions, really just not a singled out for credit score type of explanation. If they had someone with that clearance and did their job day in and day out, they not gonna can that person for a 513 credit karma score and then try to retrust a new person into that position..if they got canned it was for other reasons unbeknownst to us and used the credit score as the scapegoat.
Saltwater60
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I have to say even though this may have happened to obama and every other president he has to be smarter at some point. Honestly he's under a microscope and he's losing. I'm not saying he's doing a bad job, but he's losing the war.
nordon
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Rumor says Obama could not pass a background check to protect Obama.
Do you wonder how many were MUSLIM ?
E the massive
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I know guys that lost their access and some lost clearances for bad checks. If you lose access to classified you basically lose your job.
Doc8404
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Happens all the time to our Marines and Sailors.
Bad divorce
Defaulted mortgage.
Etc
Doc8404
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Racist!
Yes.
And Deplorable.
And Irredeemable.
And probably a few more things I can't think of right now.
Its not so much the credit score as what usually goes along with a bad credit score. Lots of people with a bad credit score do so because they are strapped for cash, missing payments, and have acquired lots of debt that can be a burden. These things add up to someone that is more susceptible to blackmail, recruitment, encouragement to divulge classified info in order to alleviate some of the burden.
spat
.950 JDJ
Really it comes down to the fact that for positions like that they dont need to compromise. They can get someone just as good who doesn't have a bad credit core.
When your looking for a used Toyota, you find one with flaws you can live with. When your specing out a new Bugatti you do not accept a coffee stain on the carpet when it is delivered.
I know many staffers were Obama left overs.
Any idea if these were Obama guys, or part of the crew trump brought in?
Any idea if these were Obama guys, or part of the crew trump brought in?