Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
The Hillary Secretary of State issue is sure getting interesting to
watch unfold.

Looks like the Clintons outwitted Obama, and now he has *no* choice
but to appoint her or risk a major backlash in his own party and
supporters.

Hope this isn't an indication of a President Obama's negotiating
skills in other areas.

Eisboch

Your conclusions are based upon?


The Clintons have gone out of their way to make the appointment public
and appear to be all but certain..... without actually waiting for
Obama's team to formally make a decision or announcment.
Big Bill has already agreed to cooperate fully in the vetting process,
and Hillary's staff has routinely leaked that the process is well
underway.

If he choses Richardson or someone else instead, the Hillary followers
are going to scream bloody murder. Dissed twice.

They have him boxed in pretty nicely.

Eisboch



This is really funny. When you are vetted by the FBI for a high level
job, all manner of people are contacted about you. There are dozens of
people who have been contacted about Hillary for this potential job. But
Hillary or Bill leaked it. Right.

The former POTUS and first lady and sitting Senator do not need to be
vetted by the FBI.

BAR wrote:
Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
The Hillary Secretary of State issue is sure getting interesting to
watch unfold.

Looks like the Clintons outwitted Obama, and now he has *no* choice
but to appoint her or risk a major backlash in his own party and
supporters.

Hope this isn't an indication of a President Obama's negotiating
skills in other areas.

Eisboch

Your conclusions are based upon?


The Clintons have gone out of their way to make the appointment
public and appear to be all but certain..... without actually waiting
for Obama's team to formally make a decision or announcment.
Big Bill has already agreed to cooperate fully in the vetting
process, and Hillary's staff has routinely leaked that the process is
well underway.

If he choses Richardson or someone else instead, the Hillary
followers are going to scream bloody murder. Dissed twice.

They have him boxed in pretty nicely.

Eisboch



This is really funny. When you are vetted by the FBI for a high level
job, all manner of people are contacted about you. There are dozens of
people who have been contacted about Hillary for this potential job.
But Hillary or Bill leaked it. Right.

The former POTUS and first lady and sitting Senator do not need to be
vetted by the FBI.


Uh-huh. That's why they were...

"Boater" wrote in message
...

BAR wrote:

The former POTUS and first lady and sitting Senator do not need to be
vetted by the FBI.



Uh-huh. That's why they were...

They were? By the FBI? Are you sure?

I am very familiar with FBI background checks. Virtually anybody, civilian
or military who's job requires a security clearance has one performed on
them. They are very routine in nature for basic (confidential and secret)
clearances. In the old days the FBI or an authorized representative
visited your neighborhood, interviewing friends, neighbors, work associates,
etc. I don't think that happens so much anymore. I know from personal
experience that now-a-days the check is more reliant on data bases of
information, credit checks, passport information for foreign travel etc, and
personal interviews are not routinely conducted unless something pops up in
the data base. Background checks for high level clearances (top secret,
etc.) are done quietly and without notice to the public because the fact
that the person being "checked" may end up with that level of a clearance or
above can be a breach of security in of itself, if made public.

I don't believe the "vetting" process for Presidential appointees to high
level cabinet positions is exactly the same that your buddy, the postmaster
assistant, experienced. The vetting going on here is more associated with
assuring the Obama staff that appointees will not cause a embarrassing
situation or be controversial due to past associations or practices.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message
...

BAR wrote:
The former POTUS and first lady and sitting Senator do not need to be
vetted by the FBI.


Uh-huh. That's why they were...

They were? By the FBI? Are you sure?

I am very familiar with FBI background checks. Virtually anybody, civilian
or military who's job requires a security clearance has one performed on
them. They are very routine in nature for basic (confidential and secret)
clearances. In the old days the FBI or an authorized representative
visited your neighborhood, interviewing friends, neighbors, work associates,
etc. I don't think that happens so much anymore. I know from personal
experience that now-a-days the check is more reliant on data bases of
information, credit checks, passport information for foreign travel etc, and
personal interviews are not routinely conducted unless something pops up in
the data base. Background checks for high level clearances (top secret,
etc.) are done quietly and without notice to the public because the fact
that the person being "checked" may end up with that level of a clearance or
above can be a breach of security in of itself, if made public.

I don't believe the "vetting" process for Presidential appointees to high
level cabinet positions is exactly the same that your buddy, the postmaster
assistant, experienced. The vetting going on here is more associated with
assuring the Obama staff that appointees will not cause a embarrassing
situation or be controversial due to past associations or practices.

We still get badged federal investigators, carrying side-arms, visiting
us in our homes interviewing us about our neighbors and friends for
security clearences. There is quite a bit of government work in my
geographic area and in my general field. Anyone holding a CS degree and
a TS with a full scope poly can get if they are still breathing with
minutes.