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ForgoTheConsequence

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Fri Mar 19, 2021, 12:41 PM Mar 2021

White House staffers asked to resign or work remotely after revealing past marijuana use [View all]

Source: CNN

Several White House staffers were asked to resign, were suspended or are working remotely after revealing past marijuana use during their background checks, sources familiar with the situation tell CNN.

Five people are no longer employed at the White House, while additional staffers are working remotely. In many of the cases involving staffers who are no longer employed, additional security factors were in play, including for some hard drug use, the official said.
While marijuana use is legal in many states, it is still illegal on the federal level, which can present a hurdle in the federal security clearance process.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/19/politics/biden-white-house-staff-marijuana/index.html



Guess it's better to just lie?
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Needs to be legal federally now. Lettuce Be Mar 2021 #1
Agreed YoshidaYui Mar 2021 #35
As usual, the GOP Senate stands in the way. maxsolomon Mar 2021 #59
"Guess it's better to just lie?" PSPS Mar 2021 #2
Agreed. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #4
If its just weed? Garion_55 Mar 2021 #9
This is not a security clearance check. ColinC Mar 2021 #17
Thanks. I suspect this will turn out to be stopdiggin Mar 2021 #38
Or bad sources, maybe? ColinC Mar 2021 #41
Yes, This Is For A "Yankee White" Clearance COL Mustard Mar 2021 #63
That the same as ts/sci? ColinC Mar 2021 #68
Much More Stringent COL Mustard Mar 2021 #71
Never heard of it! ColinC Mar 2021 #72
After discussing this further here, I am realizing something. ColinC Mar 2021 #73
What is this? 1971? former9thward Mar 2021 #30
Oh, fer chrissakes! Ignore that crap. Any rational person is over it! mpcamb Mar 2021 #66
Better not to seek the clearance in the first place if you know you won't pass DBoon Mar 2021 #43
Did cocaine usage keep T***p Jr. from getting a security clearance? sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #3
Really? Whataboutism? It should have. You want Biden to mimic trump? PSPS Mar 2021 #6
Too many here think we should ripcord Mar 2021 #7
He wouldn't be mimicing Trump Steelrolled Mar 2021 #16
Yep. stopdiggin Mar 2021 #39
T***p Was Doing It On Behalf Of T***p COL Mustard Mar 2021 #64
No, we want weed use off the list of "bad things in your past". paleotn Mar 2021 #36
I'll bet he wishes it had kept him off TV. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #22
Did Jr. get one? I thought it was just his creepy sister and her husband. deurbano Mar 2021 #26
I think you are correct (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #52
Lie on a integrity test. Historic NY Mar 2021 #5
Punished if you tell the truth Garion_55 Mar 2021 #8
Not really. If you lie and it's found out, you're gone. As long as... brush Mar 2021 #10
SF-86 PJMcK Mar 2021 #11
Clearances are evaluated on a case by case basis. ColinC Mar 2021 #18
That's interesting PJMcK Mar 2021 #20
I think following the last administration they are just trying to keep squeaky clean ColinC Mar 2021 #24
Agreed PJMcK Mar 2021 #31
I was thinking this too DBoon Mar 2021 #44
that's the truth for sure! Withywindle Mar 2021 #79
"a pretty serious federal offense" Gruff B. Gus Mar 2021 #49
Haha ColinC Mar 2021 #50
As Long As It's Not Recent, You're Probably OK COL Mustard Mar 2021 #65
They have it online now (been like that for awhile) BumRushDaShow Mar 2021 #46
This has echoes of the point in time when gay friends of mine had to lie to have a job Ford_Prefect Mar 2021 #12
yes they would. I saw numerous people lose their jobs due to lying about alcohol. Demsrule86 Mar 2021 #21
new rules? stillcool Mar 2021 #13
My brother's friend found the right answer to this question when interviewing for a job at the CIA. Walleye Mar 2021 #14
"Didn't inhale." Pinback Mar 2021 #47
Also a good answer. A classic Walleye Mar 2021 #48
Ok, Ok, "Didn't EXhale". JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #76
My buddy was being interviewed for a Chicago police job. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2021 #74
Were these Trump Holdovers? Jonah Ide Mar 2021 #15
They were Trump holdovers (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #56
The drug testing is draconian LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #19
No, this was about past MJ use, not current. former9thward Mar 2021 #32
Read 13....drug testing is part of the deal questionseverything Mar 2021 #53
What does past drug use have to do with current drug tests? former9thward Mar 2021 #57
If they admit to past pot use but promise to stop they have to take tests to prove it questionseverything Mar 2021 #58
So, Obama would have to resign? world wide wally Mar 2021 #23
A dumb policy. Need to, once and for all, change the illegality of this very common drug. Even in SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #25
this is not right. Biden and Harris must stop this policy immediately. samsingh Mar 2021 #27
wtaf? The CoS needs to be fired immediately!!!! getagrip_already Mar 2021 #28
Oh for Pete's sake who CARES???? AllyCat Mar 2021 #29
It used to be that there were several layers to the questions about pot use JT45242 Mar 2021 #33
ARE THEY gonna ask Kamala Harris to Resign because she has used Weed? YoshidaYui Mar 2021 #34
Still can't seem to get into the 21st century just yet. rickyhall Mar 2021 #37
Fine, let them stay home, smoke pot and avoid getting murdered by insurrectionists flibbitygiblets Mar 2021 #40
"....there were additional factors at play..." chowder66 Mar 2021 #42
If they were fired for something else, why mention marijuana at all? MichMan Mar 2021 #67
Not sure. chowder66 Mar 2021 #75
So you can use prescription opiates but not low-dose THC for pain? Outrageous. Liberty Belle Mar 2021 #45
+1. Excellent points yonder Mar 2021 #51
How many former Presidents twodogsbarking Mar 2021 #54
This is fucked up and I'm disappointed Mysterian Mar 2021 #55
Not sure if this is absurd or ridiculous... malthaussen Mar 2021 #60
Even the FBI doesn't automatically disqualify an applicant for past cannabis use. BobTheSubgenius Mar 2021 #61
Why Not Change The Rules. COL Mustard Mar 2021 #62
We have to be honest here Joe Tree Lady Mar 2021 #70
They probably had additional hard drug use madville Mar 2021 #69
idiotic Locrian Mar 2021 #77
I had worked with a guy for several years in two offices and when he opened his own office, spike jones Mar 2021 #78
That's pure idiocy. The lesson the government is teaching is . . . Sparky 1 Mar 2021 #80
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