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getagrip_already

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7. I've held clearances also....

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:22 PM

Feb 2018

But I was given access under an interim clearance after the initial background checks were complete.

I'm relatively sure though that if they turned up a restraining order, or a dui, or any of a dozen different issues that people can have in public records, I would have been rejected very quickly.

But it takes time to contact and evaluate all of the people you list, every place you lived, trips you took, and any close family living abroad.

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As someone who used to work in a classified environment, NO ONE in our organization received access [View all] politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2018 OP

Indeed, I was paid for a couple months to do almost literally nothing while waiting for mine unblock Feb 2018 #1

I worked on an Air Force base in the mental health unit Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #2

Wilford Hall? Stryst Feb 2018 #3

Nope, Tyndall AFB nt Phoenix61 Feb 2018 #4

Never once deployed from Tyndall Stryst Feb 2018 #12

Here in the EU Thyla Feb 2018 #5

Any agency, even partially clandestine, BobTheSubgenius Feb 2018 #6

I've held clearances also.... getagrip_already Feb 2018 #7

This is one of the first things that needs to fixed askyagerz Feb 2018 #8

"...an affront to all the men and women who protected that data on a daily basis..." Grins Feb 2018 #9

Same here - there was such a thing as interim CONFIDENTIAL but that's very very limited access. lagomorph777 Feb 2018 #10

I'm a teacher and we have to go through FBI fingerprinting every six years. caballojm Feb 2018 #11

But her emails IronLionZion Feb 2018 #13

SAME HERE!!!!!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2018 #14

In total agreement... Kensan Feb 2018 #15

I don't know how the 'official' process works for the president to declassify information. I do know politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2018 #16

In addition to having the proper clearance, you also must have... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #17

30-40 in WH still have interim clearances. moondust Feb 2018 #18

I conducted SSBI's and suitably investigations and this is not normal. NightWatcher Feb 2018 #19

I didn't work for a presidential campaign. politicaljunkie41910 Feb 2018 #20