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lapfog_1

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10. It all depends on the security level and certain compartmentalized information.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 3, 2018, 06:37 PM

Oct 2018

I can't actually tell you what the security clearance was for, but let's say it would have been similar to Snowden.

I would think that the leaders of the government deserve / require just as thorough a background check.

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What nobody's saying: All 6 FBI Kav investigations only went back to 1993.(no GP or Yale years) [View all] stuffmatters Oct 2018 OP

When the FBI did my security clearance... lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #1

Definitely, when my Dad had a security clearance, FBI even investigated us kids in h.s.& college stuffmatters Oct 2018 #3

So you got the standard check, not the privileged white prep school check? Moostache Oct 2018 #4

more like he got a "cursory white house directed" background check. lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #5

Exactly. 1993 and forward, years Kav was protected by GOP Omerta stuffmatters Oct 2018 #9

My husband's didn't go back earlier than college. I never heard of this before. nt pnwmom Oct 2018 #8

It all depends on the security level and certain compartmentalized information. lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #10

1993 did not even cover Kav's years at Yale College or Yale Law stuffmatters Oct 2018 #11

Hmmmm? Achilleaze Oct 2018 #2

Something else that's missing gratuitous Oct 2018 #6

And that ALSO means that the negative things Sen. Blumenthal hinted at today pnwmom Oct 2018 #7