[AmericanInTokyo]

Has any of this changed, tightened up, since we have been in a state of War, from September 2001?

[oldenuff2no]

I had a Top Secret clearance with an extended background investigation. They came back and ask me questions about things I had forgotten about and I had to clarify each of them.
Bill Clinton could not have passed this investigation because of his anti war associations in the UK.
Obama couldn't get passed the first check because of his association with known terrorists.
Political appointees, congress critters and presidents aren't investigated in this manner.
Neither Clinton or Obama could get the clearance to be an instillation commander on a military base that handles nuclear weapons. the Weathermen is one of the organizations that is specifically ask about on the initial paperwork when applying for these security clearances.