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I thought Cfius could only block deals. I’ve never heard of them forcing a sale and the article doesn’t really speak to this odd situation.
I think this is part of the growing resistance to china and its bad actions. The EU just did something similar: https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/europe-moves-to-better-m... People are starting to wake up to the fact that china won't stop until the west stops it.
Makes sense.
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Actually when you get denied a clearance they give you a statement of reasons (SOR) in your rejection letter which you have a certain period to rebut. (I think 30 days?)
Guessing they have a dozen vague reasons on the ready to cite without any further explanations required
You're wrong. You should read the link forks25 posted to one of the decisions: http://ogc.osd.mil/doha/industrial/2018/16-04107.h1.pdf
I looked through some others, and here's one where a Chinese person was denied clearance on account of foreign ties: http://ogc.osd.mil/doha/industrial/2019/17-03450.a1.pdf
And here's another were someone was denied for alcoholism: http://ogc.osd.mil/doha/industrial/2019/18-00782.a1.pdf
All the reasoning seems very clear to me.
As a practical example, I'm guessing there's concern that they could get personal sexuality information about someone in the military and extort them with it. Seems really quite plausible to me.
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There are similar longer sanctions if you have a Chinese spouse and such.
How is this not naked racism? Or do race-based anti-discrimination laws simply not apply to some government jobs?
Eg Uighurs aren’t referred to as Chinese when they emigrate abroad like Han are, even though they are both supposedly Chinese when citizens of the PRC. In that case, if I married a Uighur with a PRC passport, my security clearance would still be in jeapordy, if I married a Chinese (Han) or Uighur with a Canadian passport, there is less of a problem depending on when/if they naturalized.
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> Its about allegiance to a country. Not your race. Also vulnerability to manipulation. So you'll be denied if you're heavily in debt and have a gambling problem, even if you're absolutely loyal and patriotic.
It's also about not browsing porn at work... :P You would think people would know better but if you ever get bored and decided to browse clearance rejection decisions you see dozens of people losing their clearance each year because they looked at porn on their work computer.
1. There was a man who loved his dog in a way that one is not supposed to love a dog.
2. There were a couple people who liked crotch ventilation while riding around on a motorcycle.
As a practical example, I'm guessing there's concern that they could get personal sexuality information about someone in the military and extort them with it. Seems really quite plausible to me.
So, Americans have bigoted views towards gays, which means a Chinese company can’t own a gay social network?
Lots of things you would think are disqualifying aren't, as long as you disclose them (being involved with BDSM is the most obvious answer I'm aware of).
The fact that they're LGBT isn't the issue with the repeal of don't ask don't tell. But if they're not out and they don't disclose then yes, this information is absolutely valuable.
Money stuff is another disqualifying event. If you're heavily in debt then you're vulnerable to being paid off in exchange for something against the interests of the United States.
As a practical example, I'm guessing there's concern that they could get personal sexuality information about someone in the military and extort them with it. Seems really quite plausible to me.
What makes Grindr special in this regard ? I’m sure there are other dating or social apps out there that also could be foreign owned and used for espionage....???
> What makes Grindr special in this regard ? I’m sure there are other dating or social apps out there that also could be foreign owned and used for espionage....??? select opm.name, opm.address from opm_security_clearance_files opm join grindr_users grinder where grinder.phone_number = opm.phone_number and opm.clearance in ('SECRET', 'TOP SECRET', 'SCI'); If any of those people are in the closet, they could be suscep…
why would grindr have that? Hell, they dont even validate the random string you can put in the email field
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I think this is part of the growing resistance to china and its bad actions. The EU just did something similar: https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/europe-moves-to-better-m... People are starting to wake up to the fact that china won't stop until the west stops it.
You mean until the US stops doing similar spying worldwide? Makes sense.
That information could be used to discern the locations of military personnel.