Federal departments and agencies have revoked the security clearances of three employees for spying or acting as foreign agents, though their identities and the governments they served were not disclosed, records show.
The details were provided in response to an Inquiry of Ministry. Conservative MP John Barlow, who submitted the inquiry on Feb. 9, wanted to know how many public servants have had their security clearances revoked for cause since 2016, and how many were due to individual spying or otherwise acting on behalf of a foreign government.
Revoked for cause is revocation not due to an employee’s retirement or resignation, according to the Inquiry document….