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Re:After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge by drcube on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:31PM (#9300049)
I think it's funny that anyone anywhere thinks that whether you smoked pot in the last year is "a matter of national security".
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Re:After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge by wtbob on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:58PM (#9300183)
It's an illegal substance; it must be bought from illegal merchants; engaging in black market commerce exposes one to the risk of blackmail, coercion &c.

It'd be weird if it weren't disqualifying.

(I think it ought to be 100% legal, but until it is, users are too great a risk)

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Re:After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge by FireBeyond on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @05:57PM (#9300181)
Well, sure. In itself. But in terms of a security clearance, a use of drugs means you might be susceptible to bribery/ extortion/ blackmail over such use (or someone might helpfully keep you supplied in exchange for information).
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Re:After Snowden, the NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge by drcube on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @11:49AM (#9304495)
I don't see how this is any more likely than a teetotaler taking cash bribes for information.
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