{"id":1552446,"date":"2022-07-13T12:26:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552446"},"modified":"2022-07-13T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:35:15","slug":"bidens-energy-department-drag-queen-gets-q-clearance-six-figure-government-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-energy-department-drag-queen-gets-q-clearance-six-figure-government-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s Energy Department Drag Queen Gets Q Clearance, Six Figure Government Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-energy-department-drag-queen-gets-q-clearance-six-figure-government-salary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1552446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"code-block code-block-8\">\n<p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A high-level hire at the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy, whose past as a drag queen and defender of underage gay prostitution sites has stirred controversy, is earning a salary in the top one percent of all government employees, according to documents obtained exclusively by The National Pulse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by The National Pulse reveals Sam Brinton\u2019s taxpayer funded salary of $178,063, placing him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/ehss\/security-policy-guidance-reports\/departmental-personnel-security-faqs\">amongst<\/a> the top one percent of other federal salaries.\u00a0It is also around five times the <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MEPAINUSA672N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/MEPAINUSA672N&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657400638873000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1R1TVsQn8saCLe1tx9nHj1\">national median individual income<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brinton, who <a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/07\/06\/doe-employee-requests-opm-investigation-into-sam-brinton\/\">received his job offer in allegedly strange circumstances<\/a> in January 2022, will also enjoy the top secret \u201cQ clearance\u201d level in the Department of Energy. The designation Top Secret is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/federal-register\/codification\/executive-order\/12356.html#1.1\">applied<\/a> to information, \u201cthe unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Official Job Offer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The DOE uses its own terminology to classify security clearances, describing the Q-level clearance as \u201csimilar to what is completed by other agencies for a Top Secret National Security Information access clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAccess to Secret Restricted Data requires a Q access authorization,\u201d the agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/ehss\/security-policy-guidance-reports\/departmental-personnel-security-faqs\">continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-08-at-5.54.03-PM-800x513-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-08-at-5.54.03-PM-800x513-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-08-at-5.54.03-PM-480x308-1.png 480w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-08-at-5.54.03-PM.png 1000w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Job Posting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The initial job description for Brinton\u2019s post described the position\u2019s security level as \u201cCritical-Sensitive (CS)\/High Risk.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/dw.opm.gov\/datastandards\/referenceData\/1509\/current?d-5590585-p=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dw.opm.gov\/datastandards\/referenceData\/1509\/current?d-5590585-p%3D5&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657400638873000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0OuJVdZGhzyQ-nl33EkNyn\">Office of Personnel Management (OPM) describes <\/a>what this classification entails:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPotential exists to bring about a material adverse effect on the national security, causing exceptionally grave damage. Any position receiving a position sensitivity designation of CS shall automatically carry with that designation, without further agency action, a High Risk designation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Brinton\u2019s personal posts have also revealed the gravity of his appointment, sharing on Twitter on June 29th:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI lead a staff of hundreds and a budget of millions (with a Nuclear Waste Fund I\u2019m responsible for at over $45 billion) as the leader of the office overseeing the management of the nation\u2019s spent nuclear fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The revelations follow The National Pulse expos\u00e9 of appointee Samuel Brinton\u2019s past as a drag queen, LGBTQ+ activist who has \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thenationalpulse.com\/2022\/02\/10\/biden-nuclear-official-is-kink-lecturing-beastiality-rolepayer\/\">lectured<\/a>\u201d on kink at college campuses and participated in interviews about fetish roleplay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/app.memberful.com\/join\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG-20211111-WA0000.jpg\" alt=\"Fund Real News\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-level hire at the Department of Energy\u2019s Office of Nuclear Energy, whose past as a drag queen and defender of underage gay prostitution sites has stirred controversy,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1552589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1552589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}