Ex-Officials Use Security Clearances to Get Rich

“A security clearance reportedly yields a salary of up to 15 percent higher compared to the salaries of individuals without clearances for the same position.”

Interestingly, one of Obama’s last official acts as president sought to “modernize” the processes relating to security clearances.

Three days before he left office, Obama issued an Executive Order that consolidated investigative functions in the security-clearance review process. That same day, the Defense Department updated its guidelines for renewals of security clearances, increasing the expiration date for certain clearance holders from five to 10 years, supposedly to address a “backlog” of background investigations.

That last-minute move by the Obama administration quite possibly doubled the amount of time that men like Brennan, Clapper and Comey can cash in on their clearances.