> > Thankfully, the State Department disagrees with you.
> Okay, I'll give it 2 months.
I personally know of many people who have committed Federal felonies and were granted a TS/SCI clearance. [0] Where else did you think FedGov got many of its computer security folks? (Or -hell- just plain old computer programmers?) The evaluation criteria is your willingness and ability to follow the rules that matter and keep secrets both now and for the foreseeable future.
> If you would like knowledge, approach with curiosity and not as an interrogation.
Let's review. I said:
> Felonies shouldn't disqualify you from employment for the rest of your life...
You said:
> 1. depends on the "felony"
I asked:
> 1) What felonies do you believe should disqualify you from working to earn a living for the rest of your natural life once you've served your time in prison?
You replied:
> Hard question to answer.
It takes more than just saying the words that indicate you're taking the high road to take the high road.
[0] You are aware that smoking pot is a Federal felony? And that lying about smoking pot will almost certainly result in your clearance application to be rejected? Care to take a guess at what percentage of programmers with DoD security clearances have never smoked pot or illegally consumed any other Federally-controlled scheduled substance?
> Okay, I'll give it 2 months.
I personally know of many people who have committed Federal felonies and were granted a TS/SCI clearance. [0] Where else did you think FedGov got many of its computer security folks? (Or -hell- just plain old computer programmers?) The evaluation criteria is your willingness and ability to follow the rules that matter and keep secrets both now and for the foreseeable future.
> If you would like knowledge, approach with curiosity and not as an interrogation.
Let's review. I said:
> Felonies shouldn't disqualify you from employment for the rest of your life...
You said:
> 1. depends on the "felony"
I asked:
> 1) What felonies do you believe should disqualify you from working to earn a living for the rest of your natural life once you've served your time in prison?
You replied:
> Hard question to answer.
It takes more than just saying the words that indicate you're taking the high road to take the high road.
[0] You are aware that smoking pot is a Federal felony? And that lying about smoking pot will almost certainly result in your clearance application to be rejected? Care to take a guess at what percentage of programmers with DoD security clearances have never smoked pot or illegally consumed any other Federally-controlled scheduled substance?