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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:07 AM Jan 2019

Rachel Maddow: The shutdown sabotages the FBI more than you think.

Basically:
Anybody with a security-clearance, such as an FBI-agent, must have a certain financial stability or else.
If you have financial troubles, then you are vulnerable to pressure and leverage from third parties.
If you are vulnerable to pressure and leverage, you lose your security-clearance.

The shutdown not only takes away the wages of FBI-agents, it could destroy all of their careers.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/maddow-explains-trumps-genius-move-thwart-fbi-investigations-corruption/

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Rachel Maddow: The shutdown sabotages the FBI more than you think. (Original Post) DetlefK Jan 2019 OP
Good post. I had a clearance long ago... LuckyCharms Jan 2019 #1
There is an appeal process... HipChick Jan 2019 #5
The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief* is making WAR on American institutions of justice Achilleaze Jan 2019 #2
All ReTHUGs are complicit malaise Jan 2019 #3
Last night, was one of the most chilling A blocks dewsgirl Jan 2019 #4
And that's saying a lot considering recent events! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2019 #7
Yes indeed, I have a real disdain for Trumpsters KrazyinKS Jan 2019 #6
I love Rachel, but she sometimes spreads conspiracy theories. manor321 Jan 2019 #8
I do not think so nor do I think this is one of those times Jarqui Jan 2019 #9
It's not just the FBI nitpicker Jan 2019 #10

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
1. Good post. I had a clearance long ago...
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:14 AM
Jan 2019

Any changes to the worse in your financial condition needed to be reported immediately. Your clearance would then be subject to review.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. The republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief* is making WAR on American institutions of justice
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 07:18 AM
Jan 2019

Why do KGOP republicans hate truth, justice, the rule of law, and loyalty to the USA?


* aka Comrade Dirty Donny (R)

KrazyinKS

(291 posts)
6. Yes indeed, I have a real disdain for Trumpsters
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:23 AM
Jan 2019

This guy is a piece of work. I don't know, will we survive this? Through the years I have learned it is surprising what you can live through.

Jarqui

(10,123 posts)
9. I do not think so nor do I think this is one of those times
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:47 AM
Jan 2019

One might take exception to parts of what she said but it is impossible to irradiate the entire substance of her report.

Actions have consequences. The longer this goes on, the greater those consequences and the substance of her report gets reinforced more as this drags out.

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
10. It's not just the FBI
Tue Jan 22, 2019, 08:50 AM
Jan 2019

It's the Coast Guard, the military reservists that aren't being paid by their regular jobs, those clearance-holders in other agencies not being paid, those who have unpaid spouses or other household members, etc.

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