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I mean OPs post is whataboutism. What if the kid has skeletons in his closet or calling the kids randomers etc. The security clearance process is long and is a joke imo. DCSA often gives interim clearances after running a credit and criminal check with no red flags (including TS/SCI). Then they interview coworkers, boses and family members. They ask basic questions such as does x associate with criminals or illegal stuff, drink or do drugs etc. A lot of bad apples pass. The blog post is FUD imo.


>What if the kid has skeletons in his closet

I mean, we already found a few skeletons

>The security clearance process is long and is a joke imo.

Don't fully agree, but it is indeed overly long. But as is the theme of this Musk adminsitration; Just because you think something is bad or inefficient doesnt'r give you safeway to skip over it entirely. These last 2 weeks are proving the importannce of clearance more than anything else has over decades.

>A lot of bad apples pass.

This isn't even an apple at this point. You're letting a skunk rummage through the entire barrel unaccounted for.


What skeletons? You mean the racist, misogynistic, eugenicist tweets like "I'm going to marry an Indian woman"?

Yes, I actually heard paid professional news anchors describe that tweet that way.


Pretty sure that's a different person. I'd rather not veer off topic when this story right here is already talking about a 19 year old previously fired for leaking company data to competitors. We can all read this linked article just fine.




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