Wouldn't get a STANDARD clearance

Submitted by keith (United States), Oct 24, 2008 at 22:14

Of course he has security clearances. As a senator he would naturally receive those clearances he needs to be involved in such committees.

The point is that he would he "would fail the standard security clearance process for Federal employees" which is what non-elected government workers go through to obtain even the lowest levels of security clearance.

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