texokie: where is it possible that her security clearance allows her access to foreign intel that otherwise she might be able to see?
xone: Her clearance such as it is only applies to US sourced intel. Her bribes provide the access you speak of.
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LOL! Well now that makes sense. So am wondering why it is a major issue that she still has her US credential for secrets, if as No Doll i says, she is not able to just rummage through, but has to be “read in.”
Is that the function of the SES holdovers? Are THEY reading in the bad actors with clearance? Are bad actors spreading around the $ domestically to holdovers as well, in order to gain access?
Are the SES people allowing that access with or without clearance credentials?
If the past year or so has taught anything, it is that there are those in positions of trust in the US Gov't who don't give an 0bama about the legalities or the morality of violating that trust. Whether she has retained her clearance I don't know but that is irrelevant if you have these dicks who violate that trust.
SES once upon a time was a good program, why make elected or appointed schmoes reinvent the wheel when it comes to the business of gov't? I worked with a couple and they seemed diligent though that was at least 20 yrs ago but they provided continuity in programs that needed it. Like everthing else, SES was politicized. Making it easier to fire them would be a start.