Dual citizenship or dual spies

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Dual citizenship or dual spies

A September 11-inspired State Department blanket policy of ripping away
security clearances for employees with dual citizenship has been shelved amid
complaints that it treated long-time and trusted workers like common criminals.
Whispers learns that the department began issuing letters to workers with two
passports requiring them to renounce their dual citizenship or risk revocation
or denial of their security clearance. The policy included workers and their
spouses. Reason: Those with dual citizenship pose a national security risk.
While not a new policy, it had been on the back burner for years and addressed
only on a case-by-case basis. For example, many who do hold dual citizenship
have a U.S. and a British passport or one with another friendly nation, not a
terror sponsor. In some cases that's a plus, especially if the employee has a
deep knowledge of the diplomacy and politics of the nation and can help U.S.
policy makers. But the change after the terror attacks didn't differentiate.
Now, after receiving complaints, the department has reversed course and gone
back to the old way of looking at dual citizenship.


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