The weaponization of security clearances

Twenty-seven months ago, the FBI suspended the security clearance of employee Marcus Allen after he questioned the agency's handling of the Jan. 6 investigations. When Congressional Republicans questioned the official who signed the clearance suspension, Jennifer Leigh Moore, she testified that "The FBI does not use a suspension as a punitive measure ever." Ms. Moore returned to the Hill a short time later to say that the Justice Department had revoked Mr. Allen's clearance because he had "expressed sympathy" for people who sought to obstruct the government by illegal means.