[who_would_fardels_bear]

I'm also wondering about employers. If you try and get a job with the CIA they might give you a break if they can give you some non-clearance work to do while they work you through the system.

However, a private contractor to the CIA might want to be pretty certain that a new employee will go through the vetting process without a hitch before offering a job to someone with a sketchy record. Especially if they are hiring for a particular contract with a hard deadline.

We all heard what happened to that bank employee that put a slug into a washing machine in 1963.

[Lazamataz]

I'm also wondering about employers. If you try and get a job with the CIA they might give you a break if they can give you some non-clearance work to do while they work you through the system.

I might be less 'passable' to the CIA, or the NSA, or any similar group... but the present agency I'm with, hell, when the Security Review Officer looked over my E-QIP, he said, "I've seen people worse that you make it. I've seen people better than you, fail. It all depends if you lie on the form. (He narrowed his eyes) Any corrections?"

I told him (rather happily, because I hadn't lied at all), "No."

He then let me in on a little secret: He, too, was a twelve stepper and worked with troubled youths in his off time. :)

You wouldn't be surprised at the agency I'm with, but you'd be surprised at the other agencies I deal with. I'm even the Security Steward for two of the major websites, and I've learned a ton about programming a tough-to-break-through exterior-face.

They gambled on me, and they gambled well. :)

We all heard what happened to that bank employee that put a slug into a washing machine in 1963.

That's because of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, who delight in crapping on the little guy.