https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Cooke
Nuts. With his background how did they ever put him in that position? And openly visiting the Soviet embassy in 1981? Even the Soviets thought it best not to trust him and work with him further.
And they didn’t even give him a dishonorable discharge?
Deranged
I suspect that a HUGE PROBLEM with vetting people for Top Secret clearances is that there is no political screening (maybe beyond asking if they were in the Communist Party).
Really, really, STUPID if true and certainly true in the US military. Basically, if the people are Democrats, they cannot be trusted with our secrets, and need to excluded from sensitive positions.