Senate bill includes provision to prevent marijuana use from barring security clearance for intelligence officials
The U.S. Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act that has been approved by a vote of 86 to 11 includes a provision that would prohibit intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from denying security clearance to applicants solely due to their past use of cannabis, according to a statement on the NDAA measure from Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado. The amendment proposed by Sen.
Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act that has been approved by a vote of 86 to 11 includes a provision that would prohibit intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency from denying security clearance to applicants solely due to their past use of cannabis, according to a statement on the NDAA measure from Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Colorado. The amendment proposed by Sen.
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