Re:Edward Snowden makes 'moral' case for presidential pardon
by brainfire on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @02:52PM
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Clearance is not a blanket authorization to access classified information- only information you require access to for your position.
Lapsed clearance is even less applicable, obviously.
That's really not how I read the scandal. A woman, who formerly had clearance for classified material, was engaged in an illicit affair. There is no evidence (that I'm aware of) that 1.) the classified information was ever leaked to someone without clearance, and 2.) that any actual trading occurred.