Last edited by blues; 10-19-2019 at 12:37 PM.
There's nothing civil about this war.
I don't know that rumor is sufficient to warrant his not being eligible, unless they want it to be. (Like anything else.) And it wasn't illegal, for whatever that may matter. (But it would disqualify him if he swore fealty, etc)
He must've been in the process of turning his life around.
I'm sure there are tons of folks in intelligence and law enforcement who have been involved in protests, done drugs etc etc etc. Should they have been excluded from their jobs? Maybe. Maybe not.
Last edited by blues; 10-19-2019 at 01:42 PM.
There's nothing civil about this war.
I don’t think he’s a sleeze bag , but Trump’s style is not my style. Yet he fights the left, which is the most serious threat to America. Perfectly no, but better than most. I’m not even sure he fully understands how bad the left is , though I think he’s learning. What’s surprised me most is that Trump has displayed more wisdom than most in Washington and most of his critics (both political and lay-person).
Bush 2.0 was is a nice guy, though I believe him to be naive. I know someone who personally worked with him, and he said Bush was a nice guy. He had a high opinion of him. Being nice and kind is not enough when it comes to doing macro good.
So I’ll take a sleezebag who stops evil vs a nice guy any day.
I can't speak to law enforcement, but one of my jobs in the Army was to conduct Personnel Security Investigations for granting TS clearances, and I was OIC of an office that did this during the Cold War. As long as the person was upfront about it, being involved in legal protests was a non-issue since it was a First Amendment right. When I started, illegal drugs, alcohol abuse, and homosexuality were disqualifiers because of the possibility of the bad guys blackmailing the person. Later, early recreational drug use was accepted as "dumb shit you do when growing up" as long as it was in the past and you fessed up to it; when society became accepting of homosexuality it was no longer an issue since it wasn't a wedge the bad guys could drive between you and loyalty to the USA. Lying about anything on your application or during interviews was the best way to not get a clearance. Drug and/or alcohol abuse are still non-starters because alkies and druggies are liable to do anything to get their buzz, including betraying their country; even if they won't, it still leaves them vulnerable to blackmail. If you're in the military and hold a TS clearance, you quickly become used to peeing in a bottle at unannounced times, just to make sure you're still clean.
There's nothing civil about this war.
Not sure how this is not justification for unfortunate effects on bro's retirement. Seriously, I don't know. Enlightenment is welcome.
U.S. Code § 888.Art. 88: "Contempt toward officials: Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct."
U.S. Code § 802.Art. 2. Persons subject to this chapter: "Retired members of a regular component of the armed forces who are entitled to pay."