I agree wholeheartedly. (I was shocked when I first learned that their security clearances were not turned off when they left office. They certainly shut down all security access for low-level employees when they leave a government position, and that should apply to everybody, at all levels. Leaving their security clearance in place when they leave office makes absolutely no sense, other than maybe to help wealthy individuals in various sneaky ways who should not be helped like that.)
Having a whole bunch of people running around with security clearances they don’t need — defeats the entire “need to know” basis for out national and defense secrets. It renders the security system a total farce. The entire world is laughing at this. ( if one of these ex- fed workers ever gets another fed or defense industry job where they need access again
, it can of course be reactivated for him then). And this is how it always worked before for people doing top secret military work.