Clinton refused to let the FBI vet most of his appointments. Most of them refused drug testing as well.
The problem isn't with appointees ~ there are only a few hundred of them anyway. Rather, it's with the federal civil service. Office of Personnel Management has let corrupt practices run away with the place.
Yes, kind of disconcerting, isn't it? Thanks to the Clinton era, many of the people with access to the most sensitive information available regarding our national security haven't even been investigated. My understanding is that Congress as well as all of their staff members (in addition to gubmint appointees) are exempt from scrutiny.
On the other hand, my husband's background check took the FBI nearly a year to complete and was quite exhaustive. In their investigation the FBI talked to everybody from in-laws (my family) to his childhood school teachers to neighbors from decades ago to workmates from previous jobs just to make sure he was trustworthy. Congressmen don't even have to fess up to a parking ticket to get access to top secret info, nor do their office staff. It's an abomination, especially considering how the "insiders" practically trip over themselves to be the first to leak sensitive info to the media.
This twit wasn't a Clinton political appointee. She was civil service.