(08-20-2018 12:28 PM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(08-20-2018 12:17 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  My dad, a pilot during Vietnam, is fired up about this.

He told me his security clearance was revoked as soon as he left the Air Force.


Now, back to Trump.

The issue had never been front & center on the national stage, even His Orangeness said as much. Based on what I've learned since the issue surfaced, it appears to be classic inside-the-swampy-beltway-milk-it-for-all-you-can stuff.

As was posted in another thread here where the guy goes bananas and tells another guest to "get out" on CNN, I suspect that congress is deeply involved as many ex-congressmen and senators take jobs inside the beltway after they've been ousted from office. Apparently having the clearance is coveted because it automatically gives one more presitge and access. Which, in a nutshell means that one is able to sell influence and secrets to the highest bidder.

I once worked for a number of months for a large company that had purchased mine. They were based in Houston. I stayed on long enough to make sure that they understood my accounting system, jobs-in-progress, etc, but they had their own experts in my line of business and would do fine without me.

The day I resigned and walked out of their door, I turned in my entrance security card and everything else they'd given me that was company-owned. What other way would one part company with an employee?

When you’re heading to that corner office on K street, keeping that clearance is imperative.

We all saw how utterly freaked out “Get out” guy was by the very suggestion clearances should be yanked the minute you leave office or lose an election.

How else are jack-wagons like Sandy Berger gonna still have access to places like the OEOB so they can stuff docs into their underwear and socks?!?

Priceless... it tis.