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Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] Limonene 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The article talks about how presidential candidates (and some other office candidates) get secret security information before they are actually elected. And it says that Donald Trump should not receive that information.

Shouldn't candidates have to apply for a security clearance, if they want this info before they are elected? This could make it a nonpartisan issue, while achieving the same result (since Trump would not be eligible for a security clearance, due to his history of mishandling documents).

[–] IMongoose 3 points 8 months ago

The main argument against making mandatory tests or additional subjective criteria, is introducing gatekeeping into the election. Who approves the clearance? Who double checks it? Who do they report to? Are you going to trust the current administration when they say that someone doesn't have clearance and can't run? The system is set up so that the people are in charge of the government, and not the government being in charge of the government. The issue that we are running into though is when the people are absolute morons.

[–] Delphia 6 points 8 months ago

Duh.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 8 months ago

He doesn’t read them, he just forwards them on to Mister Bone Saw for payment as per.