His clearance would have been administratively terminated at the time he was fired. Reinstatement within 2 years is normally routine, but under those circumstances it would have been difficult, if not impossible.
Clearances dont give you that much information on people.
It depends on the level of clearance. A secret clearance is pretty easy to get, as long as your finances are in order. For a top secret clearance, they talk to your neighbors, your references, your previous employers, etc. The interviewer asks open-ended questions that should uncover any problems, as long as the references are honest.
“It depends on the level of clearance. A secret clearance is pretty easy to get, as long as your finances are in order. For a top secret clearance, they talk to your neighbors, your references, your previous employers, etc. The interviewer asks open-ended questions that should uncover any problems, as long as the references are honest.”
and with a full field background, they can expand it once derogatory info surfaces. Unfortunately these are now done by contractors to OPM and they are paid by the clearance...derog takes far longer to do so there is not a lot that gets delved into unless the investigator puts the country’s needs over his paycheck IMO.
I used to do these back in the 60’s and 70’s. Whenever someone who had been cleared during the investigation got into trouble there was one question asked by our director: who did the background inquiry and let me see it!