Vice Adm. Ted Branch, the director of naval intelligence, is denied access to classified material because, as David Lartner of Navy Times reports, he:
… had his security clearance suspended in November 2013 after being investigated for possible misconduct. In the year since, no charges have been filed and there is no sense of when they might be, leaving the Navy in an untenable situation.
So:
If classified information is being discussed at a meeting, the director of naval intelligence has to leave the room.
And:
If Branch drops by a subordinate’s office, the space must be sanitized of any secrets before he enters.
Nor can Branch:
… attend morning intelligence briefs, or sit with the other services’ intel chiefs when they meet with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
From John Paul Jones, to David Farragut, to Chester Nimitz to … this?
