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Security Clearance Rules May Impede Gays
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 15, 2006 06:33pm |
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| Category | Rule Change |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Bush administration last year quietly rewrote the rules for allowing gays and lesbians to receive national-security clearances, drawing complaints from civil rights activists.
The Bush administration said security clearances cannot be denied 'solely on the basis of the sexual orientation of the individual.'' But it removed language saying sexual orientation 'may not be used as a basis for or a disqualifying factor in determining a person's eligibility for a security clearance.'' |
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