I have CGP/ITAR clearance, I can confirm this. Each individual needs to go through clearance process, and fines for transfer of ITAR material to people that don

I have CGP/ITAR clearance, I can confirm this. Each individual needs to go through clearance process, and fines for transfer of ITAR material to people that don't have ITAR clearance are significant, like a milion dollars, and a year in prison PER A DOCUMENT. For a company is much more, of course. For ITAR assessment, they are going through your employment, and financial history, criminal check in any country in which you lived in the last three years, bank accounts, and this assessment is repeated every three or four years. For a job interview, as I didn't have clearance, I had to be escorted, and my phone's camera was covered with tape. And all this in a company that is building landing gears for mostly commercial aircaft, with a few military programs. So, nothing top secret, or high tech to be honest. So, the idea that an asylant or refugee can work in SpaceX, with often unverifiable criminal history is insane.