Serious Huat! UK Defence Scientist dual national, cannot gain top secret clearance

[steffychun]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...ds-science-chief-hugh-durrant-whyte-j9jnhstvq

The Ministry of Defence’s top scientist is barred from overseeing Britain’s nuclear weapons programme because his dual nationality means he cannot be given the required security clearance.

Hugh Durrant-Whyte, who holds UK and Australian nationality, was appointed as the MoD’s chief scientific adviser in April despite the fact he is unable to carry out a key part of his £140,000-a-year job.

The adviser is meant to oversee Britain’s military science and technology programmes, including the manufacture of nuclear warheads and the submarine-launched Trident missile system, which is reliant on US technology.

 

[dr.wailing]

The above shows that so-called Western democracies are more transparent than Sinkie version of democracy.

In Zikapore, children of some natural aristocrats and the elite have dual nationality too. I know of at least two permanent secretaries who are dual nationals.