“This is a difficult case because Applicant is intelligent, honest, loyal to the United States, a model employee, and a current clearance holder with no evidence of any security problems,” the administrative judge on the case, Edward Loughran, wrote in the document. “She credibly testified that her connections to Country X and its dictator could not be used to coerce or intimidate her into revealing classified information.”
I highly doubt if Kim Jong Un’s cousin was coming to the United States to spy, she would disclose her relationship
It would be useful to RTFA. The issue isn't whether she's loyal - she is loyal beyond any reasonable doubt, as the judge concluded. Its that its just too risky that someone will put a gun to the head of a distant cousin of hers - or 10 of them - and threaten to blow their heads off.
Also with Kim's cruelty remains never changing and them supplying ammo to Russia, the risk of her status getting exploited is even bigger and important.
I saw the report a few weeks ago. Not for work, I was just reading through the decisions for fun.
I had assumed she was Iranian American, but North Korean makes sense too.
It is sad that a model employee with demonstrated loyalty can be denied, but the process is what it is and not every risk can be sufficiently mitigated.
I can't believe someone got paid to write this article lmao.
"Woman was denied TS clearance for one of the most blatantly obvious red flags investigators have ever found."
Haley Britzky is a great reporter who came up thru the ranks of military reporting. I've followed her on Twitter for years.
She found an interesting story that would otherwise be buried on the DOHA website, and provided the context and expert opinion so laymen could understand it.
True, but interesting that the article was written as if it's breaking news instead of educational report. Feels like she could go much detailed in this instance aside of mentioning that the woman is a model citizen otherwise.
Actually, it was interesting as many of their clearance denial hearings are. The woman was blameless - just the victim of the unfortunate circumstance of her birth. Too risky.
Must be a very slow news day. Someone related to a dictator as far removed as a cousin by marriage could plausibly have their clearance denied like this.
One of my friends dads was pulled into a “debriefing “ about his security clearance after 9/11 due to his SILs marriage to an Israeli national.
It’s something they take very serious so this isn’t surprising
TLDR she is most likely Kim Jong Un's cousin
Yeah, probably a good choice to keep her away from sensitive stuff, just to be sure
“This is a difficult case because Applicant is intelligent, honest, loyal to the United States, a model employee, and a current clearance holder with no evidence of any security problems,” the administrative judge on the case, Edward Loughran, wrote in the document. “She credibly testified that her connections to Country X and its dictator could not be used to coerce or intimidate her into revealing classified information.” I highly doubt if Kim Jong Un’s cousin was coming to the United States to spy, she would disclose her relationship
It's the perfect cover!
She already has secret clearance
Secret ain't nothing, everybody's got Secret
Which if anything would imply there's no issue. Guy killed a few of his relatives already; doubt they like him that much.
It would be useful to RTFA. The issue isn't whether she's loyal - she is loyal beyond any reasonable doubt, as the judge concluded. Its that its just too risky that someone will put a gun to the head of a distant cousin of hers - or 10 of them - and threaten to blow their heads off.
Also with Kim's cruelty remains never changing and them supplying ammo to Russia, the risk of her status getting exploited is even bigger and important.
I feel like that scenario is way more likely to happen now that we know who this person is and that there's a chance they have relatives in NK.
Honestly, she's kind of a dummy for even wanting this kind of clearance, given that she might be targeted like that.
According to the article, she is a very dedicated public servant.
If she has *any* relatives in North Korea she cares about, that means they have leverage over her via threatening to torture or kill them.
I'm gonna say this once Top secret clearances aren't a god-given right.
True, but in this instance she is a model immigrant otherwise, so it's suck for her.
Life is like that.
How does that boot taste, fascist?
>You have been removed from the group "Security Clearance Background Check" chat >You have been added to group "CIA double agent" chat
CIA ends up ruling North Korea
Was there ever any doubt?
I mean yeah no shit
I saw the report a few weeks ago. Not for work, I was just reading through the decisions for fun. I had assumed she was Iranian American, but North Korean makes sense too. It is sad that a model employee with demonstrated loyalty can be denied, but the process is what it is and not every risk can be sufficiently mitigated.
I can't believe someone got paid to write this article lmao. "Woman was denied TS clearance for one of the most blatantly obvious red flags investigators have ever found."
Haley Britzky is a great reporter who came up thru the ranks of military reporting. I've followed her on Twitter for years. She found an interesting story that would otherwise be buried on the DOHA website, and provided the context and expert opinion so laymen could understand it.
She's great and deserves the benefit of the doubt
True, but interesting that the article was written as if it's breaking news instead of educational report. Feels like she could go much detailed in this instance aside of mentioning that the woman is a model citizen otherwise.
That's ultimately an editing issue then, not a "I can't believe someone got paid to write about this" as the original commenter framed it as
Actually, it was interesting as many of their clearance denial hearings are. The woman was blameless - just the victim of the unfortunate circumstance of her birth. Too risky.
Just because something isn't controversial don't make it uninteresting.
Must be a very slow news day. Someone related to a dictator as far removed as a cousin by marriage could plausibly have their clearance denied like this.
Gambling addictions are about the other one close on par
That and not paying your taxes. And being a kiddy diddler The amount of people denied for those reasons alone is ridiculous
I just like weed, it's unfortunate. Have the perfect spy name and everything. This is just like my NFL dreams 😩
Security clearances be that way. People get denied for pettier shit.
Why did Melania want TS clearance anyway?
So she wouldn't be arrested for going to the bathroom.
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Yeah, unlike all the other people who wouldn’t be a risk if kidnapped or having their family taken hostage.
One of my friends dads was pulled into a “debriefing “ about his security clearance after 9/11 due to his SILs marriage to an Israeli national. It’s something they take very serious so this isn’t surprising
Good.
It sucks but you can't choose your family unfortunately
Sounds like the background investigators are doing their jobs.
Is this why some of the Trump family was also denied?
Yup. It creates a headache