Why would fired people like Comey, McCabe and Strzok have clearances? They should have been yanked immediately.
Why would any former employee have clearance?
Makes no sense...heck, when I completed my contract on my last job, my company email was gone the next day...why would these bozos be allowed to keep their security clearance??
From what I have seen of those three they should not have passed the psych evaluation to get cleared in the first place.
shelterguy wrote: “Why would any former employee have clearance?”
The policy is this: the security clearance for an individual who leaves the federal government is valid for a period of two years. This policy was enacted so that people who left one place of employment could have a clearance in place if they went to work at another place. In the past, such employees might have to wait for months while a new clearance investigation was performed.
Having a security clearance does not mean you can access classified information. You do not just walk in and say that you have a clearance, show me some classified. You must also demonstrate a “Need to Know” in order to access classified. IOW, two requirements and you must have both. A Clearance at the appropriate level and a demonstrated “Need to Know”.
The security clearance without “Need to know” is meaningless anyway. None of those individual had the prerequisite “Need to Know” for continued access to classified material. Some one showing them classified information without a “Need to Know” would be guilty of a felony.