Between Marjorie Taylor Greene & George Santos, is it Time to Rethink Security Clearance Rules?
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Congressperson from Georgia has been appointed by the new Speaker of the House, Republican Kevin McCarthy, to sit on the Congressional Select Committee for Homeland Security. Now, there are many articles one can read regarding the debacle it took for him to get the Speakership. All that’s pertinent here is knowing that he had to make a lot of promises to people like Greene to get it — which is why she’s on that committee.
As an average American looking at this, the question that popped for me was this: “Wouldn’t she first need to pass some kind of security clearance test?” After some internet scrounging, a report from the CBS affiliate in Washington D.C. — WUSA9 — was able to answer the question. The answer is, “no.”
The Rules Around National Security Clearances
According to a 2016 Service Report, security clearances are required for anyone who works for the government in any capacity — except for the following: “president, vice president, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices, or other constitutional officers.”
Okay, then, how about a basic background check? Is any of the above ever subjected to that? Well, there is something called…
