When I went into the military I had to have a top secret crypto clearance. It took months of vetting with agents contacting my records and talking to neighbors (never family) before I was cleared. I wasn't allowed to go on leave or even graduate basic (graduation meant an automatic leave). I had to spend two months in KP and couldn't even leave the base while waiting. One would think the internet would make things easier but apparently it has only made things worse. What good is it!?

Boy. they really screwed the pooch on vetting this guy. Wow.

There is more to this than what is being shared. Part of the problem is that these are not active duty folks. So much of the time there is no one at the wheel. So it takes forever to get anything done when they only work at their military jobs for two weeks a year. Some of the missions given to the weekend warriors, like vetting for security clearance doesn't get done properly. It was right to fire the commanders who let this happen. I bet many more heads will roll that we won't hear about.

Eye rolled so hard I almost fell backwards. Not really a surprise at all.

I have read from tech experts that the government does not really hire the best people from the tech world and are really way behind in dealing with the world of social media, stopping hackers, etc. I don't know, but l have read and heard this for years.

Not just the vetting, controlling who gets the info under "the need to know." I had a top secret clearance, but I was restricted to gaining access to only those materials that dealt with my job. Later, I had a job that allowed me to read "ghost" reports (real spies). I enjoyed knowing stuff others didn't; I, however, either respected my position or feared going to Leavenworth. That was a day-to-day feeling, especially when I saw an Admiral using classified correspondence to have the Navy buy him a silver tea set (I have no idea if it stayed onboard when he left or not). Vetting is an expensive investment. (One of my friends who got questioned was upset with the FBI asking him, a Mexican-American, if I had ever acted in a racist manner. Thinking back on that, I wonder if they are still asking such questions as they should).

All of the services are rife with MAGAs. They definitely need to start monitoring social media.

Abbott and Costello are in charge, we're fucked.