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This is truly jaw-dropping. Absolutely no one's doubting her credentials. A young Black woman already doing the job of acting National Cyber Director can't get formally Senate confirmed in that role because she has debt?
washingtonpost.com/national-se

The Washington PostPersonal debts said to scuttle nomination of Biden’s acting cyber directorVon Ellen Nakashima

@kevincollier
I don't know the details/politics of this specific case. But I know that is a serious factor for security . Ask any agency.

@newstik @kevincollier Yeah, but you can still get the clearance as long as you make it clear you have debt. No one's without a weak spot, and if you're honest about yours they expect you'll come to them if someone tries to press your weak spot.

@ragnell @newstik @kevincollier like, who doesn't have student loans and a mortgage? That disqualifies anyone but trust fund babies FFS.

Daniel AJ Sokolov

@reneestephen @ragnell @kevincollier Now you know why it is so important that public servants receive student loan relief.

Now having debt isn't an automatic disqualification. I don't process security clearances, but I assume that debt amount in relation to income as well as assets, trend (these relations going up/down), credit rating, non-imminent liabilities (a family member with a severe illness/addiction/connection to crime, being sued for damages by a third party, etc) play a role.

@newstik And here I was thinking that free tertiary education and not saddling people with debt to achieve it was simply something that healthy countries provided for citizens because education is a strong social good, but sure, this is a good reason too

@ragnell @kevincollier

@reneestephen @ragnell @kevincollier you don't have to pay for supports upward social mobility. How would that be in the immediate interest of the elite?