07-30-2019, 02:17 PM
(03-06-2019, 07:45 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I'm not a fan of Congress being given security clearances simply by taking an oath; so I'm definitely, not in favor of one of these officials extended to members of their staff/family.
I hope Congress relooks it with a genuine concern about revamping the system to include policing themselves.
The issue there, though, is that if they need a clearance for certain information for their job, how do you handle that? What if a POTUS wouldn't pass muster on a TS clearance check? I definitely get what you're saying, and I don't disagree at all. I just have to wonder about the implications that would have for our democratically elected officials. I have sincere doubts that Trump would have been granted a clearance without being POTUS.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
