Duncan Hunter's 'Red Scare'
Two candidates are running to represent the 50th Congressional District. Only one would likely qualify for a federal security clearance today.
That would be Ammar Campa-Najjar, a Democrat who previously obtained such a clearance to work in the Obama administration, first helping select letters for the president to read and then as a public information official in the Department of Labor.
Incumbent Republican Duncan Hunter probably would be denied a security clearance because he and his wife were indicted in August on numerous charges alleging personal use of $250,000 in campaign contributions.
There’s irony here because Hunter and his campaign have claimed Campa-Najjar would be a security risk.
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