Clearly, the authority to hire and fire employees rests with the CEO. It is an executive function. I appreciate his candor and notification of postings to us, but this is yet another of the hundreds of decisions that he has made - most outside our visibility - that are reasoned and appropriate. I encourage all of my colleagues to allow Mr. Minster to continue to do his job and remember the old adage, "praise in public, criticize in private." It turns out that immigrants who are permanent residents are routinely granted TS and above security clearances. Some international students are admitted to the US service academies and OCS programs and are cleared to the TS-SCI level and are trained as officers identically to US appointees. If you are involved in hiring elsewhere, I suggest you read the Department of Justice's Best Practices for Recruiting and Hiring at https://www.justice.gov/crt/best-practices-recruiting-and-hiring-workers Lest you believe this page has changed due to political winds, you'll see at the bottom of the page that the DOJ page was last updated in January, 2019, likely by career staff. Mickey Baker, N4MB Director, Southeastern Division ARRL Phone: 561 320-2775 Email: n4mb@arrl.org