"What difference does it make?"
Posted on 09/18/2013 12:45:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Officials probing Aaron Alexis's background and possible motivation for killing 12 Navy Yard employees are facing the very real possibility that the massacre isn't a the result of a troubled man slipping through cracks in the system so much as an example of a flawed system working exactly as designed.
Early reports suggest that Alexis was a heavy drinker with anger issues and a history of run-ins with both the military and the law, including eight instances where Navy superiors cited him for misconduct and three occasions when he was arrested on a variety of charges, including possible gun crimes.
A military official familiar with the case, however, said that none of that would have been enough to raise the types of red flags that would have prevented Alexis from obtaining the badge that allowed him to walk into the secure Navy Yard compound without being searched.
The official's account may be part of the military's early attempts to avoid blame for the shooting, but it nevertheless offers a detailed look into the reasons Alexis may have been able to carry out his rampage.
(Excerpt) Read more at blog.foreignpolicy.com ...
Wasn’t Tea Party, liked Obama.
FINE..! I mean that means he’s SPOTLESS, right?
Arizona nut was a member of Gifford’s Synagogue, and he was LIBERAL —so he, too, was okay.
Security Clearance had nothing to do with the shooting.
When I filled out my clearance form, I had to list if I had money, drinking , or drug problems, plus any criminal activity - even those which have been adjudicated.
Perhaps he put down Sandy Berger as a reference?
"What difference does it make?"
Some civilian workers have had their security clearances for years or decades. How can the system ever predict that somewhere along the line after many years or decades of honorable service, a person will suddenly go cuckoo-bananas?
All aspects of our govt are FUBAR !!
I’m relieved this guy is dead but, he was never convicted of anything that would result in his being denied to purchase or own a weapon.
Clearances are SUPPOSED to be reviewed every couple of years and anytime there is a change in access requirements. Not sure that is happening with the backlog of clearance requests.
There have been numerous attempts by Democrats to do away with pre-employment screening as it tends to weed out, primarily, blacks. They claim that any arrest record for which a sentence was served has been paid for and should not count against an applicant.
I have filled out the form this man filled out. (It took roughly 9 hours as I had to research my father’s citizenship papers from 1943 and find information on my parents that I didn’t have.) It only asked for convictions and, as I recall, current court issues. I don’t have any issues, but I could have had a long, long history with the police but no convictions and no court record. None of that would appear on this form. Now, for my first security clearance an FBI agent contacted my former teachers and interviewed people living on the street where I grew up. That would have a better chance of finding any issues.
translation: There just weren’t a whole lot of people in the DC Metro willing to do this low-level IT work for twenty-five bucks an hour. Plus we have diversity targets to meet. So we had to make damned sure that he passed it somehow.
8 misconducts?? 3 arrests??
And that didn’t set off alarm bells in the Navy?
Were affirmative-action passes also in play here?
"On the surface, that seems hard to square with the fact that Alexis was arrested in 2004 after walking out of his home and using a Glock handgun to fire two bullets into the rear wheels of a car belonging to a construction worker who Alexis claimed had disrespected him. Alexis admitted to shooting out the tires, but told police he had acted while in an anger-induced "blackout." He was arrested, but ultimately did not face charges. "
His justification? He was dissed.
Sandy “Socks” Burger
Sure it did. How else would he have walked into the base unsearched?
“Alexis admitted to shooting out the tires, but told police he had acted while in an anger-induced “blackout.”
People subject to “anger induced blackouts” that involved shots fired should not be allowed to own firearms or be eligible for jobs involving national security clearance.
Computer Technician - Level 1 Analyst (653101)$10.00 Hourly - $12.00 Hourly
“affirmative-action passes” - new phrase of the day - Thanks !!!
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