[servo1969]

But, surely, taking my guns away would have prevented this tragedy. /s

[sickoflibs]

He’s still a suspect??

[Hardraade]

Hewlett Packard.

Might just as well be operating straight out of Mecca.

[ilovesarah2012]

And he had been treated for serious mental illness??? How did he get a “secret” clearance if he was known to have a serious mental illness?

[SueRae]

The DoD used to process clearances for Defense Contractors, now it is the Office of Personnel Management. I am not sure when that changed.

I recall, way back in the 80’s, The DoD said there were too many clearances and eliminated the ‘Confidential’ clearance altogether. That was Cap Weinberger in the Reagan administration.

[Future Snake Eater]

1) Of course he had a CAC. Show me a DoD contractor that doesn’t.

2) Secret clearance? Given his past and his continuing problems, that’s mildly surprising, but, frankly, it’s so easy to get a Secret clearance that I wouldn’t put too much stock in this. Obviously there were issues with the follow-up looks at this guy as a potential insider threat.

[PLD]

He must be an Obama friend since the White House has wall to wall crazies tugs working there with no clearance and those thugs are running our country into the ground..Obama more than likely gave him the guns so he could shoot and kill people..Trying to get guns away from good citizens he sicks his criminal thugs on our military..Sounds like something the fool would do..

[Caliban]

Orchestrated mass shooting brought to you by another (cold of been my something....kinfolk...) black super hero with a blessing from Obama and Holder who will both richly reward the super heo terrorist’s family....

[wiggen]

Isn’t there an article he was on meds and hearing voices?

[SkyPilot]

A Secret clearance is a very low security clearance. The public may deem it high, but it really isn't that hard to get.

Obama, Susan Rice, Valerie Jarrett, Eric Holder, and Samantha Power all have TOP SECRET clearances - which require extensive background checks.

Think about that.

[soycd]

I wonder why most of the victims were white? Perhaps very few blacks worked there?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/us/dc-navy-yard-victims/index.html