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turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 12:16 PM May 2020

I remember when I went to work on government project ...I and thousand of others had to be vetted...

Last edited Sat May 9, 2020, 04:13 PM - Edit history (2)

I and those other thousands of new hires for the project had to give the FBI our complete history and associations, and had to wait until the vetting was completed because the project was deemed secret and classified, but everyone knew it was there. We all had to go through the process during and after hiring, so the FBI had to know that everything we did, because the project was based on your getting that secret classification rating from a G7 to whatever, and that if anyone asked what you did for a living you had to notify the FBI and the company because everything was based on the need to know basis format.
Then at the bottom of the form we had to state that everything was true and if it was false then we could be charged with lying to the FBI, because after all it was national security issue based on your classification and security clearance rating.

Which bring us to the story below and the one that the "guy" running the DOJ is trying to put forth......that apparently it is okay to lie to the FBI.................because after all in the AG Barr dogma ...............there are winners....who are above the law.......

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/08/my-god-says-us-senator-after-william-barr-deploys-history-written-winners-trope

There are presently along with this story two current issues where two people and others have lied to the FBI in all the truisms of fact, one was convicted and plead guilty and admitted in federal court that he was lying about everything he did, up too and including the FBI, and another one who also basically lied to the FBI to get a contract...................and possibly to the state............but some in the state of Utah, should have asked what, who, and when about the individual in question before giving state money........was and has admitted to being associated with white supremacists....and assisted in the drive by shooting.......according to the article .......

https://kutv.com/news/local/banjo-ceo-resigns-following-revelations-of-violent-neo-nazi-past

Now this bring us to this individual that you can read on this article and its reporting:

BUSTED: Violent neo-Nazi steps down from CEO post at government-contracted surveillance company after being outed

Published 2 mins ago on May 9, 2020
By Matthew Chapman

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/busted-violent-neo-nazi-steps-down-from-ceo-post-at-government-contracted-surveillance-company-after-being-outed/

The question that needs to be asked is, what has happened to the vetting process:

The last paragraph in the article is absolutely shocking and what is transpiring here....

"This is not an isolated incident. In recent years, reports have surfaced of the extent to which far-right activists have sought to insert themselves into big tech and surveillance. Clearview AI, another prominent tech firm that provides facial recognition to ICE, the FBI, and local police departments around the country, has extensive ties to fringe pro-Trump conspiracy theorists and neo-Nazis."

What is happening in the Barr / Flynn issue and this Patton issue is a national security issue on vetting and lying to the FBI...............from all appearances the vetting process is being swept under the rug..............because after all there are winners.......who exactly are the winners.....

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/05/08/my-god-says-us-senator-after-william-barr-deploys-history-written-winners-trope





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I remember when I went to work on government project ...I and thousand of others had to be vetted... (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
Hope you're not planning on trying to get a similar clearance anytime soon TT ... mr_lebowski May 2020 #1
How does that work when the mob is the government malaise May 2020 #2
Hell, I got a summer job as a part time Postal carrier and went through an FBI background check. Midnight Writer May 2020 #3
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Hope you're not planning on trying to get a similar clearance anytime soon TT ...
Sat May 9, 2020, 12:21 PM
May 2020

I'm pretty sure that posting rants like this online would disqualify you, you dangerous radical!

I suppose it's good news that bad press led to this guy's ouster. But you're right, shouldn't have come to this.

malaise

(268,693 posts)
2. How does that work when the mob is the government
Sat May 9, 2020, 12:23 PM
May 2020

This KKkakistocracy is full of criminals and liars and low-life scumbag racists and women hating deplorables.
Who vets them?

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)
3. Hell, I got a summer job as a part time Postal carrier and went through an FBI background check.
Sat May 9, 2020, 04:06 PM
May 2020

They talked to my neighbors, they talked to people I was in High School with, they went to a previous address of mine and talked to the neighbors there. They talked to my co-workers on a previous job. People I know casually came up to me and asked me what's going on, the FBI asked me about you.

I told some of the other people at the Post Office about it, and they confirmed that they went through the same vetting.

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