Security Clearance

Submitted by C Koziar (United States), Jul 14, 2009 at 13:23

"Submitted by Sufi imdad Ali Soomro (Pakistan), Nov 24, 2008 at 01:36

"Still it is hard to for conservatives and racial discriminated people to swallow bitter pillow and accept Barrack Obama as president of US. It is natural justice not White ruler's justice. History is replete with illustrations when White treated blacks as animals and did not recognize their social and political rights. Many racial who believe in white man's supremacy are annoyed with unusual victory. They are still fabricating obnoxious opinions regarding Obama. It is time right time to accept change which is not constant ."...................................................................................................

This has nothing to do with colour, creed or religion. It's not about any purported mistreatment. Thousands of Americans submit to background checks annually to receive U.S. Security Clearances.

Seeking and gaining a Security Clearance in the United States is per the U.S. code, i.e. laws of the U.S.A.

U.S. law applies to everyone.

Clearly, the fatal flaw in the U.S. law is that there has been no quality control provision built in

Therefore, as we have seen here, the most access to all classified information has now been obtained with zero procedural vetting of the office holder. It's actually that simple.

No one in America should have access to Classified information unless they have proven through vetting to be capable of meeting long established standards for access to all the 'Crown Jewels'.

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