The truely appalling bit (Score 1)

The bad part of this is not that they are giving them background checks, and as for the level of invasiveness, well, if you don't like it, don't apply. There isn't anything you can do about it, and just because it's wrong won't stop the government, especially not this administration (as if he was smart enough to understand the problem, anyway). First of all, they have no right whatsoever to look into their sexual orientation. I don't know how that helps things, anyway. Are we saying that if they are gay they aren't welcome, or that we have no evidence of gay terrorists, so welcome aboard? More to the point, exactly who cares? Even more to the point, why does the government care? Second of all, is there any reason to do checks on those that have already been part of the program for decades, or on those that have been retired for decades? Now, the article didn't say that definatively, however, if the employees being checked out worked on the Apollo program, which was in the 1960s, then they would have already blown the place to hell if that was what they were inclined to do. This is not for security purposes, okay? Normal background checks are. This is the government (or agents thereof) using it's clout to dig up dirt on people that they don't have any right to know. It goes along with the ability to illegally wiretap, take phone records without subpeona, detain you indefinately on suspicion of subversion while they gather (or plant) evidence to support their theory. We are losing our freedoms, and this should illustrate the point nicely. There is no security gained in doing a background check on the dude in the corner office that has been working for the company for 50 years, okay? Anyone who believes that there is is either totally deluded or has way too much faith in the government and those they associate with.