It’s ridiculous, the original poster flaunted the rules for 10 years and gets to keep his clearance.
Again, if were not going to hold clearance holders to the most basic of standards, why bother?
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Well, at the risk of making myself unwelcome, I’ll leave the discussion with this.
Sorry, yes, you are right that’s not what we’re talking about specifically I’m reference to Tony, apologies. I was commenting about their prior usage vs the rest of us.
Times change, views change but unfortunately our laws have yet to catch up to the majority opinion of Americans.
I personally don’t think it’s dangerous, and definitely not as dangerous as alcohol. Heck, i would love an added question “Have you ever knowingly driven drunk?”. (I’ve got an DUI under my belt so I’m not hear throwing stones).
We don’t have anywhere near the whole story here. Obviously an adjudicator found this guy suitable. Your willingness to be convinced that smoking marijuana alone is an irreversible error is pretty nuts. This guy was honest and admitted this under no confrontation risking his career in an effort to have integrity. Read an adjudication, the guidelines are not inflexible laws, they’re open to interpretation and take into consideration the whole person. I think we all know in less than a decade cleared folks will likely be able to use marijuana. While yes the difference between now and then is the law, clearance decision are administrative not legal. If this person was in the work force for 10 years, probably developing a specialized skill set for the DoD, it would cost the government a bunch of money to replace that person and get someone to the level they were at. The cost of the investigation is very low to that of a 10 year defense developed engineer. To think marijuana smoking is worth throwing that person away is kind of nutty now that I think about it like that. There’s a lot of money put into the governments (and all cleared) scientists and engineers and they possess skills you don’t just find on the streets, probably worth protecting the investment and keeping them on a short leash going forward.
You just keep making excuses. Your verbal diarrhea is more telling than anything.
Typical. Personal responsibility is rare these days.
Started off strong, lost me in the end. Hope you aren’t driving after that last post haha 
Sean M. Bigley has left the legal profession, rendering any claims associated with his name powerless.