What?
Yeah, makes no sense. They get preference because UAE was buying influence in Congress. Has nothing to with ‘codes’ in SSNs. The SSNs are the result of $$$ buying influence.
A sadder aspect focuses on the Obama mission creep that was making its way in DC. Members of Congress and the DC culture began to think in terms of the Obama zeitgeist, rendering dumb and neutered those entrusted to be forever vigilant.
The DC Beltway sewage was also dumbed down by the fact that during the Obama years the five richest counties in America all centered around DC while the rest of the country languished to a large extent. Life was good in DC, thus all hail Obama.