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Hortensis

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62. :) Boy, are the rules different. I meant "SHOULD be

Sun Sep 23, 2018, 08:31 AM

Sep 2018

disqualified by even a whiff." If only.

But I left out a word about the FBI. My thought was that it's not their place to decide to ignore what they feel needs to be investigated because the Republicans would try to bury it.

My husband had a top-secret clearance investigation, and it was similar to MM's, including agents on the ground interviewing people associated with us. It turned up a years-old bill I'd refused to pay because of some good reason or other, and had long forgotten about, but we were required to pay it so the Kremlin wouldn't use it to make us an offer we couldn't refuse, or something. The company had no record of it by then either, but the new owner agreed to accept payment when we explained the situation.

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I underwent an extensive FBI investigation when I was 21 years old. [View all] MineralMan Sep 2018 OP

He apparently has had 6 FBI background checks forthemiddle Sep 2018 #1

There are different types of background checks - I underwent a background check like MM HipChick Sep 2018 #2

Yes. A lot of background checks just look at public records. MineralMan Sep 2018 #4

Probably how mine happened... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #5

You'd think so. Weird. MineralMan Sep 2018 #8

I got out in '77... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #10

Well, that's true enough. MineralMan Sep 2018 #13

Unless your records have been declassified, Cold War Spook Sep 2018 #46

The Language school and clearance status (up to a point) MineralMan Sep 2018 #54

It seems apparent that rich white Republican males... dchill Sep 2018 #20

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2018 #28

Apparently they didn't ask the right questions, then. MineralMan Sep 2018 #3

"Obviously this allegation never came up before." MrsCoffee Sep 2018 #7

He is a gambling addict prick tied to the same criminals rump is Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #12

Just Thinking Out Loud bitterross Sep 2018 #6

No. A SCOTUS appointee can be disqualified by even Hortensis Sep 2018 #9

I think you meant "A Democratic SCOTUS appointee..." bitterross Sep 2018 #14

:) Boy, are the rules different. I meant "SHOULD be Hortensis Sep 2018 #62

I was checked by DOE security as well at140 Sep 2018 #11

My older brother held some kind of security clearance at various points in his working life. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #15

Well, in my case, it was long enough ago that there was still MineralMan Sep 2018 #16

My brother was getting his clearances starting in the early 70s. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #18

Really, they weren't concerned about family members MineralMan Sep 2018 #26

That's about the same time frame as me. I was in the National Guard justhanginon Sep 2018 #23

I never had the background check but I was "interviewed" by an FBI agent at my job once (70's) dameatball Sep 2018 #17

Not necessarily. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2018 #19

I saw it. Apples and oranges. This was an agent trying to find someone, not a background check. dameatball Sep 2018 #21

Yes, that's a very different sort of investigation. MineralMan Sep 2018 #38

I believe that is correct. dameatball Sep 2018 #47

That guy put your name on the form. MineralMan Sep 2018 #24

I doubt it. They wanted to know his whearabouts. No way it was about a job. People in the dameatball Sep 2018 #27

I had the same type of clearance and investigation as you... SeattleVet Sep 2018 #61

Yup, It's hard to remember all that stuff. MineralMan Sep 2018 #63

These are valid questions and it makes me wonder! FakeNoose Sep 2018 #22

Yes, they're pretty thorough. MineralMan Sep 2018 #25

Did a three year stint working for a Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #29

"Who?" I imagine they get that question sometimes MineralMan Sep 2018 #30

Well,as you,I grew up in a Tiny Town. Wellstone ruled Sep 2018 #35

In my case, FBI got hold of phone numbers I didn't even provide them HipChick Sep 2018 #40

That's what I figured, too. MineralMan Sep 2018 #44

I had a similar situation when I was hired by a defense contractor in CA. Totally Tunsie Sep 2018 #31

Yes, it's odd that the average Joe or Joan has to get such a thorough MineralMan Sep 2018 #32

When I was screened for my security clearance Snake Plissken Sep 2018 #33

Yes. I got to review my report, too, to check for errors, I guess. MineralMan Sep 2018 #36

fbi came knocking on my door orleans Sep 2018 #34

It makes you wonder what they expect to discover, really. MineralMan Sep 2018 #37

My brother got the treatment, too DFW Sep 2018 #39

Yes, that restriction against being married to a non-citizen. MineralMan Sep 2018 #41

I've never been to Turkey DFW Sep 2018 #45

I was stationed there for 15 months, right on the Black Sea. MineralMan Sep 2018 #48

Fifteen months? DFW Sep 2018 #49

Well, most of the guys had the situation well in hand, I guess. MineralMan Sep 2018 #50

"Greater love hath no man....." DFW Sep 2018 #59

I had to let go a team member, because he would not give up HipChick Sep 2018 #42

Such a stupid regulation DFW Sep 2018 #43

If you still have TO Secret clearance, ask the FBI yourself. They can help more than we can. ancianita Sep 2018 #51

I'm not actually asking for any help. MineralMan Sep 2018 #52

I meant help in getting answers to your questions. Ask the FBI directly. They're good ancianita Sep 2018 #53

No, actually, I couldn't get any answers to any of those questions. MineralMan Sep 2018 #55

I see. Sorry I took your meaning literally. We get a lot of that here. But these deserve FBI answers ancianita Sep 2018 #56

Well, those answers are not going to be forthcoming. MineralMan Sep 2018 #57

That might once have been true, but now is a time when such questions need asking and answering. ancianita Sep 2018 #58

Because the powers that be don't care. Initech Sep 2018 #60