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6. Technically, They Didn't

Reply to ChicagoTeamster (Reply #3)

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:22 PM

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They worked for a Government contractor, not a Government agency. But anyone with that level of access to Government systems should have had some type of security clearance, which would have uncovered their criminal history. Sounds like the contractor got really sloppy.

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