Is OP really dumb enough to believe that the White House, Trump or any of his admin staff are personally responsible for doing security checks and granting security clearances?
And is he really dumb enough to believe that this is a new problem that suddenly appeared as soon as Trump took office? Does he think that there was a backlog of zero on Jan. 1 2017 and that it suddenly grew to 700,000 in one year?
I guess he really is dumber than I thought. His cheerleaders too.
This is a bureaucratic problem that Trump does not have any personal or direct control over. Same for Obama before him.
The federal security clearance system is killing innovation | TheHill
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The National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) has a backlog of more than 700,000 investigation applications. This severe backlog prevents defense officials, diplomats and intelligence officers from being able to do their jobs. This year, the process for a top secret security clearance took more than 450 days to conclude, more than a half-year longer than it took in April of 2016; and there is no indication that the timeline is getting shorter.
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The fix would be to throw more money at the bureaucracy and/or change the laws and regulations involved in doing background checks and issuing clearances.
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