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Originally Posted by Undertoad
... They will be highly emotional and sometimes irrational. And while one should have compassion for people facing a... ridiculously complicated and personal matter, challenging their deepest personal psychological condition...
~They should not have security clearances that allow them access to all of the country's most important secret communications.~ ...
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Exactly. "They" can be any category of service member experiencing that level of stress: those going through a messy divorce, devastating illness of an immediate family member, crisis of conscience, crisis of faith, PTSD, ... etc. Gender transitioning service members should be no exception. No one has a right to a security clearance. It's a privilege (like a driver's license) granted at the discretion of the classifying authority, upgraded or downgraded as appropriate, and access can be immediately suspended by local commanders any time they feel the need arises. One of the ways in which the need arises is when a service member gets so wound up in their unfolding personal dilemma(s) that they develop an indifference to their job.
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
... the Army never should have put Bradley Manning in that position. They knew he was a troubled person. They apparently didn't care. ...
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Au contraire Souscrapaud, the Army was forced to accept that aspect of Manning without reservation by the governing body politic. The Army knows that the young adults it seeks come with a variety of issues including various identity crises. Opening the door to a wider variety of them, without additional screening, opened a can of worms for local commanders. It seems that Manning's local commander decided to share the wealth.
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
... The US Army did this. Or rather, did nothing. ...
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The Army shared its bequeathed can of worms with its Commander in Chief. I hope he enjoyed them.