Read "This is how they tell me the world ends".

Or let me sum it up for you. The government doesn't have the money to employ top security experts and top security experts don't actually want to work for the government.

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altairprime 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Sometimes, top security experts often can’t work for the U.S. government even if they do want to due to being ineligible for security clearance from checks notes gender and sexuality mistrust, non-zero drug usage lifetime to date, formerly grayhats, have ever sought mental health care, and/or anti-authoritarian viewpoints.

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lakeviewterrace 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

To be fair, the track record for mentally unwell people in positions of trust isn't great.

	▲	StilesCrisis 18 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"Saw a therapist once" =/= "unwell." In fact avoiding therapy at all costs is a good sign of trouble.
	▲	dylan604 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Before the most recent elections, people voted for an unwell person to lead the country. So it's not just someone can obtain the position, but that people actually chose to put one in office. Twice. Although, it was less well known on the first one.

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