After the cases of Manning, Snowden, and now Winner one wonders about such people managed to get and hold a clearance. Is the background check now that sloppy or are they getting let through on purpose. Either way, it's worrisome.
Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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Did the leaked document reveal sources?
You get to retake the annual security refresher, 7:33 am.
The one striking common denominator is all three where in their mid-20s when they leaked classified information after getting their TSCs in their early 20s.
It may be that background investigations need to take a much more detailed look at those under 30. Granting a high level security clearance to "kids" in their early 20s while in the military and renewing them under the assumption that they see the world the same in their later post-service years, may be the error.
June 10, 2017 at 6:50 PM
Winner was active military. Politically incorrect to say so, but I've known more military folk with "sketchy" backgrounds and attitudes than scientists or bureaucrats.
Its the liberals. They lack the toughness to lose and carry on. If they don't get their way they rebel or kill. Laws only apply if you like them.
In fact, in the late 1700s they actually rebelled against their King and tried to set up their own little country. Sad.
Your posting is out of line - no attacks or denigrating words about other posters.
Second question: Why do you care if it's not about you? Your "rule" is simply incompatible with an anonymous blog.
Why do I care? The posters here, including you are the guests of the blog. As such they deserve a measure of respect. Name-calling, rude speech, and other offensive behavior drives away visitors - eventually killing any forum where such activity is allowed to fester. Finally, I don't like bullying, putting another person down in order to make themselves feel good.
Despite the innuendo some have made, I don't kill postings based in my personal likes or dislikes of the topic. Blog activity logs can back me up on that. My job is to moderate, make sure that things run smoothly and with a measure of civil behavior. I don't care what your opinions are, just show some maturity.
June 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM
Pity that you don't recognize that is exactly what you are doing.
June 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM
Yep, says it all.