The security classification and clearance system was created to protect genuine national security secrets, but it has mutated into a weapon of bureaucratic control.
One of the best things about Donald Trump 2.0 is that he has consistently appointed proven whistleblowers and those abused by the system to positions that are charged with rooting out the corruption.
Tony Shaefer's book Able Danger is excellent and if only... 9/11 thwarted would have been a courageous blessing. Some of our ablest people are reined in - wrongly, while the miscreants flourish. Appalling.
We are finding many revelations we well suspected with Trump 2.0 Admin. Each revelation presents 20 more questions needing answered, with the biggest question always being: WTF do we do to fix this disaster?
I keep coming back to the FACT the federal government is a union of the States' governments and, as such, we must install an overwatch, policing and prosecuting system to keep the feds in check - based with a union of evenly divided red and blue states running the agency on a rolling basis to check another "deep state" from forming thru institutional creep.
One of the best things about Donald Trump 2.0 is that he has consistently appointed proven whistleblowers and those abused by the system to positions that are charged with rooting out the corruption.
Tony Shaefer's book Able Danger is excellent and if only... 9/11 thwarted would have been a courageous blessing. Some of our ablest people are reined in - wrongly, while the miscreants flourish. Appalling.
We are finding many revelations we well suspected with Trump 2.0 Admin. Each revelation presents 20 more questions needing answered, with the biggest question always being: WTF do we do to fix this disaster?
I keep coming back to the FACT the federal government is a union of the States' governments and, as such, we must install an overwatch, policing and prosecuting system to keep the feds in check - based with a union of evenly divided red and blue states running the agency on a rolling basis to check another "deep state" from forming thru institutional creep.
Wrote about this topic a bit ago. We absolutely need to do this:
Reimagining security clearances in the modern age:
https://directorblue.substack.com/p/reimagining-security-clearances
Great post! I'm rapidly running out of money to subscribe to all the great talent on Substack!!