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[–] cowfodder@unilem.org 98 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Shouldn't background checks for Top Secret clearances that involve employees in closer contact with important government officials screen out those with links to radical ideologies?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago

Bold of you to assume the Trump administration would've been screening them out.

[–] LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a question on the SF-86

https://news.clearancejobs.com/2020/01/12/extremist-groups-and-your-clearance/

The vetting can be done as was done with the National Guard deployed to DC:

https://www.rand.org/blog/2021/02/what-the-capitol-siege-means-for-the-future-of-security.html

Even National Guard members deployed to serve as an extra layer of security at the inauguration were vetted by the FBI to ensure no infiltration by potential insider threats; 12 National Guard members were removed due to security concerns. One Army reservist with a current security clearance and access to a naval munitions depot in New Jersey was also arrested in connection with the assault on the Capitol.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago

It feels like one of the flaws in the system is that, while we'd want the agents who surround the president to be vetted more than almost anyone else, it's the executive branch that's responsible and apparently the president can give the okay for someone who doesn't otherwise pass, as we saw happen for his kids. What's to stop a corrupt president from having corrupt USSS agents?

[–] blady_blah@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you guys not remember how the SS "accidentally" deleted all the texts from SS agents on the day of Jan 6th? "Whoops! Our bad!" Heads should have rolled big time!

[–] JoJoGAH@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I thought the same thing, these guys had a lot of confidence in doing what they did. They must have had that confidence for a reason,. It also explains the appearance of not having an end plan, if they believed the next stage was not their part of the coup. The next part of the plan we may never actually learn but damn we need to find out where the government has been compromised.

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Wow. So much for background checks.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The least cool eye patch wearer.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Dollar store Nick Fury: Nick Missouri

[–] Skiff@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nick Mildly-Annoyed.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

I thought it was Nick Fury from the thumbnail

[–] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

You don't think he looks "radical"?

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 21 points 2 years ago

Well, colour me surprised 9 ways to Sunday and fuck me sideways. You don't say that police attend to associate with right wing terrorists. /s

[–] Yewb@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Some of those at work forces are the same that burn crosses

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 years ago

The degree of rot keeps getting more and more astounding. I say this as someone who is completely unsurprised. Contradiction? Yeah. Both are true at the same time.

[–] Poob@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cops regularly reach out to far right groups for information

[–] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, far right groups recruit cops and ex-military. The venn diagram of law enforcement to right-wing militia groups has a lot of overlap.

[–] Locuralacura@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

It's a circle.

[–] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Without reading I thought he was a poor man's Nick Fury cosplay....

[–] cloud@lazysoci.al -5 points 2 years ago

Government is not your friend