Russia: Snowden can stay

[MADem]

41. Honestly? I think he got TOTALLY LUCKY.

I think he got a high ASVAB score when he entered the Army. This means his ENTNAC, and the follow on NAC, wouldn't focus on his actual educational bona fides, and instead would concentrate on criminal behavior--and he had none of that.

Thus, by the time he broke his legs in Army obstacle course/SF training, he had two "good" agency checks in short succession. These provided the basis for him to subsequently get his secret, and later his TS clearances. Then, the clock starts ticking down, he's got, what, ten years before he needs to renew and recertify?

It was only when he was up for reverification that a problem with his education came to fore--and not just a little problem, either. Mister GED wasn't just asserting he was a HS grad by this point in time, he was claiming to have post-grad education in London...and his story wasn't checking out. He knew that it was only a matter of time before the house of cards fell. And once he got nailed for lying like that--especially a big, long lie (we're not just talking about faking a High School diploma, this guy put himself through college and grad school...ALL in his HEAD!!!), it's unlikely he'd ever work in that business ever again. Ever.

If you're gonna go out, may as well go out with a bang. I think he started grabbing stuff when he was at Dell just because he thought he was smarter than the average bear...but once he got to BHA, he knew his time in the game was short, so he feathered his nest with shit he stole.