Trump Derangement Syndrome

Walter

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Most of my US stocks have appreciated greatly since his election. My portfolio is getting close to seven figures. MAGA
 

EagleSmack

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If they no longer need to have a Security Clearance, then they should not have them anymore.

In the military you are given a security clearance only if you need to have one or are working around confidential material. If you are transferred to a unit that is not handling confidential material the security clearance is removed. It is not removed for anything that person did, it is just that he or she does not need one. If they are transferred back to a unit that has confidential material it, the clearance is given back.

If these people are now simply news analyst and political commentators for a network (or retirees) there is no need for them to have any clearance or access to confidential material.
 

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If they no longer need to have a Security Clearance, then they should not have them anymore.

In the military you are given a security clearance only if you need to have one or are working around confidential material. If you are transferred to a unit that is not handling confidential material the security clearance is removed. It is not removed for anything that person did, it is just that he or she does not need one. If they are transferred back to a unit that has confidential material it, the clearance is given back.

If these people are now simply news analyst and political commentators for a network (or retirees) there is no need for them to have any clearance or access to confidential material.

So, I guess that you are no longer cleared to hand-bomb boxes of MREs.
 

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If they no longer need to have a Security Clearance, then they should not have them anymore.

In the military you are given a security clearance only if you need to have one or are working around confidential material. If you are transferred to a unit that is not handling confidential material the security clearance is removed. It is not removed for anything that person did, it is just that he or she does not need one. If they are transferred back to a unit that has confidential material it, the clearance is given back.

If these people are now simply news analyst and political commentators for a network (or retirees) there is no need for them to have any clearance or access to confidential material.

Yeah Brennan is pissed because his value as a commentator just went down in the news market
 

EagleSmack

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So, I guess that you are no longer cleared to hand-bomb boxes of MREs.

What are bomb boxes of MREs?


Oh that's right, you worked on a deck crew chipping and painting some supply barge.

*snicker*

Yeah Brennan is pissed because his value as a commentator just went down in the news market

I agree. It is a pride thing. High level government officials exempting themselves from these common sense rules because they don't want their pride hurt.
 

EagleSmack

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Let’s hope it’s long cuz the swamp is deep. Clapper, Rice, and Mrs. Clinton should be next.

Why do any of them still have a Secret Clearance? That's so stupid. I cannot even believe that former government officials retain their security clearance.

OPSEC 101...



Security Clearances are given to people who need to have them.

If there is no longer a need for the security clearance, the clearance is removed.

If one has a security clearance, that person can only view material on a need to know basis. That person does not have access to all confidential material just because they have that level of Security. There has to be a reason to view.

But this "Lifelong" Security Clearance for high level figures... typical Washington DC Swamp Rules.
 
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Only someone who is part of the swamp would hint anything is getting cleaned up when facts show it is deeper and stinkier than ever. The DC swamp is part of a much bigger swamp and it is getting cleaned up just as fast. Just6 so you know who you actually support, what a few kids lives worth compared to you being able to line your pockets Walter ?? The swamp will be the last place to get cleaned up, after all, Trump is the opposite of who Putin is.

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Sanders named nine more individuals whose clearances are also under review: James Clapper, former director of national intelligence; former FBI Director James B. Comey; Bush national security adviser Michael Hayden; former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates; President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice; current Justice Department official Bruce Ohr; former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe; former FBI agent Peter Strzok; and former FBI attorney Lisa Page. Comey, Yates, McCabe and Strzok all were fired by Trump.
From the link earlier in the thread

Fired and escorted from the building, but get to retain their security clearances unbelievable
 

EagleSmack

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From the link earlier in the thread

Fired and escorted from the building, but get to retain their security clearances unbelievable


Being able to keep security clearances when you no longer have a need for it is surprising to me. Whining about losing the clearance is even more surprising. When military personnel are assigned to units that require a security clearance, they receive one after the background check is completed. When they are no longer in that unit the clearance is taken away. It is SOP.


However I suppose in The Swamp they feel that they need to keep their security clearance as if it is a right.



Perhaps it makes them feel... inadequate.