While I do not doubt Congressman Chaffetz, these men were private contractors. The President cannot fire them, only their company can. Unless they were hired by the Gov, there is more to this story.
You do know that there were many people working for the government at the security compound, right? The physical security was provided by private means such as Tonto and his buddies.
Judicial Watch will have to sue someone to expose the rotten mess.
the gummit controls security clearances
The gummit hires & fires contractors - even individuals employed by contractors.
You are quite wrong. If they were under contract - a very large contract, no doubt - to the US government and the president or secretary of state told their employer (a government contractor) to get rid of them, they’re gone. Given their backgrounds, however, it’s very likely that Paronto and his associates were individual contractors to the CIA, which makes it much easier to get rid of them.
The supposed “full and open”, squeaky clean government acquisition process represented by the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and DFAR is a total myth. But that’s another subject...
Federal Contractors, holding contracts worth millions of dollars, fire employees every day who have annoyed the government. Unlike government employees who can be fired with only great effort over a period of years, employees of contractors will be marched off the premises and terminated faster than a supersonic jet. If you don’t believe that, you have never worked in that environment.
He said the pulled their security clearance. Hence no jobs
The contractor was doing the Secretary’s(thus Obama”s) bidding.