National Security Office inundated with security clearance requests from soldiers

The National Security Office has protested against a wave of security clearance requests from soldiers in the Czech military for whom a clean screening certificate means a higher salary. The office says it is unable to process such a vast number of requests and needs to give priority to those who require security vetting for a given post. While in 2011 the military asked for close to 1,800 security screenings, last year it sent over 3,000 requests.