Should Libyans or Saudis have U.S. security clearances?

Wolfowitz's World Bank scandal over his girlfriend reveals many of the same qualities that created the wreckage he left in his wake in Iraq: grandiosity, cronyism, self-dealing and lying -- followed by an energetic campaign to deflect accountability. Wolfowitz's girlfriend, Shaha Ali Riza, is a Libyan, raised in Saudi Arabia. Wolfowitz made a series of calls to his friends that landed her a job at a new think tank called Foundation for the Future that is funded by the State Department. She was the sole employee. The World Bank continued to pay her salary, which was raised by $60,000 to $193,590 annually, more than the $183,500 paid to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and all of it tax-free. Moreover, Wolfowitz got the State Department to agree that the ratings of her performance would automatically be "outstanding." Wolfowitz insisted on these terms himself and then misled the World Bank board about what he had done.
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I am not sure that the question should be about the ability of Saudis or Libyians (sp?) to obtain security clearances.
It seems you are railing more about the abuses of Wolfowitz and on this particular matter I wholeheartedly agree with your complaints. But the proper course of action is for him to step down from Public Service forever, not to automatically deny Security Clearances to Saudis or Libyians.

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maybe

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It takes a good six months to get the lowest-level clearance. It is the job of the investigators conducting the background check to ensure that there are no spies in the government.