That is a deep state power move. Those agents who got cleared took a long time to obtain those clearances and likely went through the arduous (and invasive) process of giving Uncle Sam access to their personal, social, and financial information.
If they’ve hinged their entire livelihood on staying in a cleared job (whether as a federal employee or contractor), those people will now be extremely limited in the jobs they’ll be able to take in the future.
Also, there’s money in cleared work. The higher your clearance level, the more you can get paid (as a contractor). It’s not uncommon for a federal employee to make 2-3x more as a cleared contractor.
This move, to me, feels punitive from a financial and future career perspective.
The irony is they allowed access to obtain the clearance when it is pretty obvious these days they have access to it anyway.
Slightly OT, but related; I don't know if this has been discussed, but right before Tucker was fired, he was on a podcast with two younger guys - I forget their names, it is posted on GAW somewhere. Anyway, the part I am referring to is when he was talking about how he was trying to line up an interview with Putin. This would have been in the timeframe leading up to Ukraine. He saw it as 'this is my job, why wouldn't I try to get an interview?' What freaked him out was when he was contacted by I think the NSA about it and he wanted to know how they even knew about it because at that point, it was a very small circle of people working on the project - he hadn't even told his wife at that point. It made me wonder if that was his Awakening.
That is a deep state power move. Those agents who got cleared took a long time to obtain those clearances and likely went through the arduous (and invasive) process of giving Uncle Sam access to their personal, social, and financial information.
If they’ve hinged their entire livelihood on staying in a cleared job (whether as a federal employee or contractor), those people will now be extremely limited in the jobs they’ll be able to take in the future.
Also, there’s money in cleared work. The higher your clearance level, the more you can get paid (as a contractor). It’s not uncommon for a federal employee to make 2-3x more as a cleared contractor.
This move, to me, feels punitive from a financial and future career perspective.
The irony is they allowed access to obtain the clearance when it is pretty obvious these days they have access to it anyway.
Slightly OT, but related; I don't know if this has been discussed, but right before Tucker was fired, he was on a podcast with two younger guys - I forget their names, it is posted on GAW somewhere. Anyway, the part I am referring to is when he was talking about how he was trying to line up an interview with Putin. This would have been in the timeframe leading up to Ukraine. He saw it as 'this is my job, why wouldn't I try to get an interview?' What freaked him out was when he was contacted by I think the NSA about it and he wanted to know how they even knew about it because at that point, it was a very small circle of people working on the project - he hadn't even told his wife at that point. It made me wonder if that was his Awakening.
They were likely quickly read out of whatever projects they were into, and told the whole "keep this info safe or go to prison".