Perhaps you’re not old enough to remember Gary Aldrich and his book about the first couple years of the Clinton Administration. Aldrich was the FBI agent stationed at the White House, responsible for liaison with Quantico.
One of his first duties was to process security clearances for Clinton staff. Basically a very routine job. I have held clearances for over 20 years. What the FBI is looking for are markers that indicate one is bribable. Extremely high debts, living well beyond one’s means, drug use. [The old days of being homosexual, or a Communist, as a disqualifier are long gone.]
But virtually none of the Clintonites submitted their paperwork. Aldrich was shocked that any group of young people could be so brazen and disrespectful of the office. But Clinton, especially Hillary I think, deliberately defied the FBI.
Why? Many of them probably had leftist ties that wouldn’t have disqualified them, and many probably had extensive drug use in the past.
The issue is that neither Bill nor Hillary forced them to comply. Lending even more to their disrespect. And, as commander-in-chief, technically Bill can waive the clearance requirement for anyone he wants.
Aldrich also documented the other Clinton outrages that never got into the MSM, including Hillary throwing the coffee in the Marine’s face, Hillary throwing the ashtray at Bill, the young staffers running around in jeans, cutoffs, flip-flops, and basically having no respect for the traditions of the White House.
So the fact that Obama never had a background investigation, one that includes a validation of citizenship, does not surprise me.
Does that mean that the Bush administration has been acting just like the Clinton administration when it comes to security checks, because Bush has been in office the entire time that Obama has been in anything other than an Illinois state job?