[IP] more on seeking a forecast
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From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: May 21, 2005 4:29:31 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: roomkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on seeking a forecast
At 2:42 PM -0400 5/21/05, Michael Froomkin wrote:
At which point the answer should be, and almost certainly will be,
see #1, since we don't have two classes of citizenship for
anything other than eligibility to serve as President.
In theory...getting a Q, Top Secret, or higher clearance is highly
dependent on one's route to becoming a naturalized citizen.
Prior to becoming a citizen an applicant has to swear an oath of
allegiance. Here's the oath I swore to at age 18 as part of the
naturalization process to become a US citizen in August 1961:
"I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce
and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore
been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all
enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United
States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant
service in the armed forces of the United States when required by the
law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian
direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation
freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help
me God."
Had I known about the subsequent Vietnam escalation I might
have had second thoughts...note also the "work of national
importance" part.
How many IPers have taken such an oath?
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