Talk:Yankee White
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[edit] Merge
I added the merge tag. Any comments? Concerns? --BlindEagletalk~contribs 17:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] What?
There are only two sentences, and they contradict each other. Someone fix it, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.101.231.252 (talk) 04:30, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Agreed
This material definitely does not require a separate article. TexasRazor (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Dana Perino
The article states that for an individual to receive Yankee White clearance (to work with the president) that they must "not be or have been married to a person of foreign descent". However, Dana Perino, the current White House Press Secretary, is married to Peter McMahon who is from the UK. How does that work? --Thorwald (talk) 02:31, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- The UK is an ally to the United States. The main concerns are critical threat countries like China, Iran etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.33.93.235 (talk) 02:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- It doesn't matter if they are an ally (even the USA's best ally), the article is quite clear on who is eligible for Yankee White clearance (assuming the article is correct). Thus, Dana Perino should not be eligible because her husband is of "foreign descent". --Thorwald (talk) 06:37, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] How far back?
A person who is being considered for Yankee White clearance has to "not be ... of foreign descent," but then technically no one is of purely American descent further back than about 450 years, unless they are of Native American descent, and even there there is likely some point where no person can date lineage purely back to America. (Yes, I'm half-joking here.)
But to be serious:
The great majority of Americans can probably only trace American descendancy back about 100 to 200 years, if even that far back. Many, only a few generations within the last century. How far back would the government actually look to satisfy this condition? --Nyadav (talk) 23:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- I don't see anywhere in the article that reads (or even implies) anything like your has to "not be ... of foreign descent".--Thorwald (talk) 23:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- Individuals having Yankee White clearances undergo extensive background investigation. Yankee White cleared personnel are granted access to any information for which they have a need-to-know, regardless of which organization classified it or at what level. The Yankee White clearance includes a requirement for absolute absence of any foreign influence on the individual. This means they must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, not be or have been married to a person of foreign descent, or have traveled (save while in government employ and at the instructions of the United States) to countries that are considered to be unfriendly to the United States.
I paraphrased the part in bold when I posed my question. Sorry for the confusion I may have caused. --Nyadav (talk) 23:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)- Again. Nowhere in the article does it claim that a person must "not be of foreign descent" to receive Yankee White clearance. It simply says that the person's spouse must not be or never have been of foreign descent. That is why I asked my question above about Dana Perino's husband. --Thorwald (talk) 23:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
- Individuals having Yankee White clearances undergo extensive background investigation. Yankee White cleared personnel are granted access to any information for which they have a need-to-know, regardless of which organization classified it or at what level. The Yankee White clearance includes a requirement for absolute absence of any foreign influence on the individual. This means they must be a natural-born citizen of the United States, not be or have been married to a person of foreign descent, or have traveled (save while in government employ and at the instructions of the United States) to countries that are considered to be unfriendly to the United States.
