I posted this on another thread, but to repeat:
Back when I had a security clearance (TS with assorted alphabet nonsense), normal people needed both a clearance and need-to-know in order to access classified material. If the Deep State still followed the rules that productive Americans used to follow, need-to-know would automatically terminate when employment ended. All of these has-beens, from Brennan to Hillary, should be denied access to classified material, whether or not their clearance is terminated, because they no longer have a professional need to know.
You are 100% right. I’ve been startled ever since the Deep State went full force anti-Trump that these people retain access to classified material. Comey, Brennan, and every other has-been should lose their access to classified material. If access is not required as a government employee or as a contractor working on a government budget, they should not have access to classified material. Certainly political commentator is not a job that justifies access to classified material.
I got my security clearance in 1955.
The need to know was stressed, and it was made clear you had no business getting involved in anything that was not directly a part or related to your assignment.
Also if you had a close relative that was problematic to America you may not get the clearance. If you had traveled voluntarily to certain countries you may not get the clearance.
That leaps out to me in the case of John Brennan, the Muslim sympathizer, communist voter, and voluntary traveler to Islamic countries. How did he get a clearance? - Tom
When I retired from a DOE contractor a few years back, I was the holder of a Q clearance, a SCI with a full set of alphabet nonsense and a FIE member, they...
1. Took my ID/access card.
2. Took my office keys.
3. Took my file cabinet keys.
4. Took their smart phone.
5. Took their laptop computer.
6. Took their desktop computer.
7. Cancelled all computer access and passwords.
8. Cancelled all club and association memberships.
9. Cancelled their VPN to my home.
10. Cancelled all online subscriptions and networking accounts.
and...
11. All my clearances were terminated.
What was my reaction? I accepted it ALL with grace and understanding, because:
I AM NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY THAT COMPANY !!
(to borrow someone elses note.)