FBI director's Based Apparel site has been spotted hosting a 'ClickFix' attack

> it would be a target regardless of who owns it currently.

The commonality of attacks makes it more important to eliminate distracting dependencies for critical leaders. Not less.

There is a reason top security clearances have requirements no normal organization could make on their employers. Lack of loose vectors is even more important for leaders.

No state employee would be allowed to run a business like this while employed where I live (sapphire-blue New England state FWIW). Government positions are fairly, but not extravagantly, compensated, prestigious and come with excellent benefits. They should not be an avenue for accumulation of riches. It clearly does not work well and we're not getting the country's best.

I think there should probably be a level at which those requirements kick in, but keep in mind that most of the jobs we're talking about pay around $200k/year, with many of the daily and life expenses included as benefits, pushing the equivalent salary even higher.

It's not like they lose their money or lose the ability to invest their pre-public money. They could sell their business interests, then take the proceeds and put the money into a broad market fund (to prevent company- or industry-specific conflicts of interest). I'd even suggest making them exempt from capital gains should they choose to sell.

Unless of course those with a modicum of competence desire to be true public servants. Read about the character of some of our great leaders like Washington, Lincoln or Eisenhower to understand the mentality of a true public servant. Something someone like Kash Patel knows nothing about.

I don’t think this level of virtue is all that rare, though it is rarely rewarded at the ballot box.

Not good to get people into the habit of copying and running code in their terminal.

I wouldn't hire a doctor either that has food poisoning every two weeks.

I wouldn't hire a security guard that gets held up often.