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AW1Ed passed on a link a story\u00a0 – have to congratulate the writer for keeping a relatively straight face. More than I could have done.<\/p>\n
U.S. officials with dementia may pose a national security threat, according to a study funded by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n
Factors including longer life expectancy and more people working later in life are significant drivers of increased dementia in the U.S. workforce, the study published by RAND Corporation’s National Security Research Division says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Duh… more older folks working longer pretty much means more folks with some form of dementia in the workplace – including workplaces where serious decisions are made. Not\u00a0 necessarily the military, which has its own age limits to preclude such a thing. But, ah, on the civilian side:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe risk that an individual becomes a national security threat because of dementia symptoms depends on many factors, such as the nature of the classified information they hold, for how long the unauthorized disclosure of that information could cause damage (including serious or exceptionally grave damage), and whether the individual is targeted by an adversary to obtain that information,\u201d it reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I can just see the aged CIA black ops guy pounding his fist on the desk, demanding we attack the USSR. But…. the politicians!<\/p>\n
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who is 81, recently experienced two freezing incidents which some believed to be a stroke or seizure.<\/p>\n
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence turned 90 in June and recently ceded power of attorney to her daughter. She had previously been prompted to \u201cjust say aye\u201d during a Senate hearing. Feinstein says she will not seek reelection.<\/p>\n
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, announced he would not seek reelection in 2024, ending his career at 76. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, 83, recently announced she would seek reelection to Congress, something Green Bay Packers player David Bakhtiari called \u201cactually crazy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n