Originally Posted by
lovely15
Out of curiosity, did he actually have a security clearance, or just a background check by the Peace Corps? I'd imagine lying or exaggerating about one's security credentials might be grounds for denial.
Yes, he did; as I mentioned above, he was not only a Peace Corps Volunteer but also a full-time federal employee of Peace Corps after his service. He was a recruiter, looking into the backgrounds of potential volunteers, which required the most basic security clearance. My point wasn't to suggest he was at all important -- he wasn't! -- but merely that he'd had more intrusive digging done and emerged without incident.
And in any event, it didn't come up. The interviewer instead focused on an imagined "gap" in his previous residences, which flustered Kevin so much that he got nervous.