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Well, it is the law that you're not eligible for a security clearance if you have significant debt.
by tsomctl 6y ago
Well, it is the law that you're not eligible for a security clearance if you have significant debt.
- tertiary 6y agoI didn't know that. I'm just completely speculating right now, but I wonder if that has something to do with Jared Kushner's denied security clearance. [1] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner...
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- wwright 6y agoDoes that apply to the President? (At this point it seems clear that nothing applies to the president; let’s hope to god that someone makes a new amendment for that.)
- woodruffw 6y agoThe president (and other elected positions) are carved out of those kinds of requirements: requiring an elected official to "pass" a background test created by unelected public servants amounts to an unintended check on representative democracy. To be clear: we absolutely should require that elected officials disclose their finances. But we shouldn't require them to be vetted through a mostly unaccountable process after they've been elected.
- wwright 6y agoThis is very informative and clear, thanks :)
- phobosanomaly 6y agoThis paints the fiasco over the Kushner security clearance in a new light. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner-security-clearance.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/us/politics/jared-kushner...
- jki275 6y agoNot accurate. Security clearances can be denied for financial irresponsibility, having “significant debt” isn’t necessarily financial irresponsibility.