FBI clearance of Michael Brown?

[Cassandra]

Josh Marshall brought up a reader question:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/week_2005_09_04.php#006484

"Here is a question a number of readers have asked; and it's a good one.

Given his role in the Homeland Security chain of command, Michael Brown must have had a reasonably high security clearance for his job. But to get even the most basic security clearance requires a very extensive background check, in which FBI investigators go back through your resume, talk to past employers, look up old addresses, etc.

Yet, at least Brown's public resume appears to contain a number of innaccuracies of a substantial nature. What's more, at least two of his former employers appear to have given him very poor marks. (I base this on the assumption that the horse folks who fired him probably didn't have a lot good to say and the comments from another former employer, Stephen Jones, here).

There's some similar sort of background check when you get your senate confirmation. So, did all these fibs come out in that background check? And if so, why didn't they raise any red flags, let alone scuttle his nomination?

(ed.note: When I say 'resume' above, I don't mean the FBI works literally from a resume. But they get all your background info from you, including former places of residence, employment, etc.)"

How fucked up is this administration, exactly?

[blm]

1. I'm sure the Bush family coverup artist, Robert Mueller, took care to make

his boss happy. Just as he has for about 30 years.

Mueller couldn't find any crime in BCCI and covered up for Poppy Bush then. Thank Mueller and Poppy for 9-11.

[William769]

2. Homeland security is a ruse

hasn't anyone figured that out yet?

[sendero]

3. I think I know the answer...

.... but "a ruse for what purpose"?

[William769]

4. Dissent from within not from abroad.

[global1]

6. A Massive Money Laundering Scheme.....

- * cronies in or formerly in charge
- monies provided used to buy votes and reward favored companies (i.e., Halliburton, etc)

Need I say more?

[sendero]

7. That...

... was my guess.

[leftofthedial]

5. 2000 was a coup

the "government" no longer functions the way we think it does.

though why the owners of Murka think a bunch of loser repuke frat boys ought to nominally run things is beyond me. I'd think they'd want professionals "in charge."

[annabanana]

8. My 17 year old went through a "full field investigation"

to get a part time job pushing paper after school at DHS-CBP! An agent visited his guidance counselor, his friends, his friends parents, all his former employers (and were THEY ever surprised) and his Priest!

And yet this guy seems to have gotten a "wave through"