Indicted Sheriff Stripped of Security Clearance

According to a November 19 article in the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Sheriff had his Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-issued security clearance suspended after he was indicted for misusing his office for personal gain.

[DHS] spokesman Larry Orluskie said…the sheriff had lost access to all levels of classified information because ‘any time an employee is under indictment, the first thing we do is suspend their security clearance.’

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