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In reply to the discussion: REVEALED: Marine murderer lost his job as nuclear engineer in Ohio after TEN DAYS for failing [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)37. Background checks for that type of work take lengthy investigation
The DoE processes somewhat mirror DoD but not exactly. My confidential clearance went to interim in a short time but secret took over 6 months, top secret even longer. While you may be hired pending your being cleared in the investigation, your on the job access is limited accordingly. He would not have been allowed in the same room with plutonium or be permitted anywhere that he could do something that could create a risk.
Investigations for clearances require interviews and footwork far beyond what is done in a simple check for regular employment. At least they used to. Since the Pollard case even the CIA shares what it knows. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Pollard)
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REVEALED: Marine murderer lost his job as nuclear engineer in Ohio after TEN DAYS for failing [View all]
snagglepuss
Jul 2015
OP
Wonder what he was learning or who he was connecting with on the "mystery" trips,
TwilightGardener
Jul 2015
#1
He was connecting with his grandmother and uncle, who live in Jordan
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2015
#17
The DM reporter makes the same qualification. The reporter is not responsible for the headlines
snagglepuss
Jul 2015
#29
But you haven't worked in the nuclear industry. That is not to say I have but
snagglepuss
Jul 2015
#19
The Daily Mail or, "the messenger" as you like to call it, deserves to be shot....
DonViejo
Jul 2015
#12
Yes they do, they call him a terrorist and the crime an act of terror, check out the link, it's
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#23
They changed the headline. As per LBN rules I copied and pasted the headline as it was.
snagglepuss
Jul 2015
#25
Thank you for providing the documentation to show this Daily Mail article is NOT
DonViejo
Jul 2015
#13
With the number of posts over the years about whistleblowers in the nuclear industry,
snagglepuss
Jul 2015
#22
Agree 100-percent. And yeah, there's a strange disconnect between the present and then for many.
Octafish
Jul 2015
#28
Here's the continued: the names named in that Saudi/Pakistani/Israel network the FBI was wiretapping
leveymg
Jul 2015
#34
That's scary someone works 10 days in the nuclear industry before passing a background
doc03
Jul 2015
#35