>and of course paying him and other like him a bit more doesn't enter their
>consideration...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org]On
>Behalf Of Lance Murdoch
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:58 PM
>To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
>Subject: [lbo-talk] DOD considers poor a security risk
>
>
>Found on Democratic Underground:
>
>http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA51QQC1JD.html
>
>Government Considers Lockheed Martin Janitor a Security Risk Because of
>His Financial Struggle
>
>PHILADELPHIA (AP) - In 19 years of using his security clearance to sweep
>floors at a plant owned by defense contractor Lockheed Martin, janitor
>Michael Lynch has done nothing to arouse suspicion.
>
>Co-workers and bosses speak glowingly of Lynch, a brain-tumor survivor
>who's active in his church, building homes for poor people in Maine and
>West Virginia.
>
>But because he and his family have struggled financially, the government
>now sees him as a threat to national security. Defense Department
>officials believe the janitor may be tempted to sell government secrets to
>get out of debt.
>
>Last month, they asked a judge to revoke Lynch's security clearance.
>
>[...]
>
>The Defense Department didn't respond to a request for comment.
>
>[...]
>
>By January of this year, the department had concluded that Lynch, who
>makes $16.85 an hour sweeping floors at Lockheed's plant in Moorestown,
>N.J., was a threat and moved to revoke his clearance.
>
>Defense Department policy states that "an individual who is financially
>overextended is at risk of having to engage in illegal acts to generate
>funds." The policy says that a history of financial trouble and an
>"inability or unwillingness to satisfy debts" are among factors that could
>raise security concerns.
>
>[...]
>
>Lynch, a former cabinet maker, was out of work for three years after
>surgery in 1981 to remove a brain tumor. When he was well enough, he got a
>job at the radar and missile guidance systems plant, then owned by RCA but
>later acquired by Lockheed Martin.
>
>The Lynches ran into severe financial problems in the early 1990s after
>his wife, Kay, stopped working to help their blind daughter, Christy, with
>her studies. The family couldn't make ends meet on Michael Lynch's wages
>and declared bankruptcy.
>
>[...]
>
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