Re: Question about security clearance

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

At one time, being gay or lesbian, or even having someone
who was in your family, was enough to disqualify for certain
levels of clearance, the theory being that even if you could
not be blackmailed, the possibility that threats to expose
things about someone close enough to you that you might
be influenced to protect them could be enough.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meryl R. Cohen" <merylster -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Anything blackmailable would prevent a clearance. This is why they 
> look so
> hard at financial info etc. I knew someone in the early 1980s who got 
> a
> clearance. His wife was an exotic dancer (paid better than teaching
> school--her previous career). But since this was not a secret at all 
> it was
> okay.

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