hawaiijim t1_j5rq8o6 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:24 AM

Reply to comment by UglyInThMorning in Playing Military Sim War Thunder May Get You Classed as a National Security Risk by Sorin61

In the USA, defense contractors like Raytheon don't even do their own security clearance investigations. The US government does it. This was a bad article all around.

UglyInThMorning t1_j5t3g8t wrote on January 25, 2023 at 11:10 AM

If it’s a job that doesn’t require clearance (there’s a lot of them) they just use one of those private services and do a generic background check. If it does require clearance they usually want you to have it when you apply.

hawaiijim t1_j5t7hfi wrote on January 25, 2023 at 11:58 AM

The article specifically says, "As part of the security clearance process," which is part of what makes the private investigator claim dubious.

UglyInThMorning t1_j5t7y43 wrote on January 25, 2023 at 12:03 PM

The article also has no idea what it’s talking about because it’s based on a comment that someone made up.

I work at Raytheon with access to the same level of material that’s been leaked on the WT forums (export restricted but not otherwise classified) and my background check was just “upload some documents and we’ll call you if anything comes up”.