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Somebody explain it to me. Why in the name of all that is holy would a former CIA, FBI or other intelligence agency operative still have any security clearance at all??
Not really a Trump-fan vs Trump-hater thing. This is just common sense. You don't let a former employee keep the keys to the shop and all the passwords to the computer system. You don't let former CIA have access to classified information. Not rocket science and obvious to anyone with a brain in their skull.
Because they are contacted by agencies after they leave their positions.
Brennan is a nut...........tell me of a CIA Director in history that bashes in public a current President constantly and expects to keep his top secret clearance?
Intelligent people see the president for who he is: crazy. Only in Trump's thin skinned world is it unacceptable to have an opinion. Keeping security clearances after one leaves the post is standard operating procedure, and has been for a long time. The system worked well before. Trump is revoking them because he's a control freak.
Because they are contacted by agencies after they leave their positions.
So what, if you move between companies your security clearance is placed on HOLD (not the exact terminology)....then the new company that you go to has to do another reinvestigation of you to reinstate that clearance.
You just don't keep your clearance just because you have it.
I had a SC in the Army, when I left the Army, it was in HOLD status, the company I went to, guess what they had to do?
Intelligent people see the president for who he is: crazy. Only in Trump's thin skinned world is it unacceptable to have an opinion. Keeping security clearances after one leaves the post is standard operating procedure, and has been for a long time. The system worked well before. Trump is revoking them because he's a control freak.
BS, it's never like that...you obviously have never been part of the SF86 club....
Just remember this -- at some point the Republicans may lose control and then the Democrats can come in and deny ALL of them security clearance.
This is the thing, this President is normalizing procedures, policies that could come back to bite Republicans.
A new norm has been set. And not just with security clearances.
It will impact us in the future.
I don't anticipate that Democrats or Republicans that come into 'power' later will be able to refuse the ability to seek revenge, wipe out a previous admin's. efforts.
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