When I left the assignment that required the TS, I signed a termination acknowledgement (forget the form number) along with the understanding that I had a travel restriction on me for some time... I believe it was 5 years. There is no right for anyone who no longer needs access to continue to have it. It’s basically been a plus for the senior executive positions to leave government and move into the board rooms of major corporations. They need to terminate them all and reinstate only in those cases where absolutely necessary.
My first question is how many people have left government employment and have still a clearance? As I generally understand part of the story....it’s not just the FBI and CIA. I’m beginning to wonder to what extent DoD has retired officers still with a clearance, and even US senators/representatives. If we are talking about a thousand of these guys....there’s something really wrong with the system.