US Admiral in charge of secrets isn't cleared for secrets

[Ace Pace]

My best attempt at a short headline

For more than two years, the Navy’s intelligence chief has been stuck with a major handicap: He’s not allowed to
know any secrets.
Vice Adm. Ted “Twig” Branch has been barred from reading, seeing or hearing classified information since
November 2013, when the Navy learned from the Justice Department that his name had surfaced in a giant
corruption investigation involving a foreign defense contractor and scores of Navy personnel.
Worried that Branch was on the verge of being indicted, Navy leaders suspended his access to classified
materials. They did the same to one of his deputies, Rear Adm. Bruce F. Loveless, the Navy’s director of
intelligence operations.
More than 800 days later, neither Branch nor Loveless has been charged. But neither has been cleared, either.
Their access to classified information remains blocked.
Although the Navy transferred Loveless to a slightly less sensitive post, it kept Branch in charge of its intelligence
division. That has resulted in an awkward arrangement, akin to sending a warship into battle with its skipper
stuck onshore.

This entire situation sounds absurd...

[Gaidin]

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[Ace Pace]

You know...this isn't facebook for meme reactions.

[Gaidin]

You got a better reaction than utter confusion, I'm all ears. Because, two years? DAMN.

[Simon_Jester]

It would appear that this whole "don't bother charging people and leave 'em in limbo" mindset is alive and well, and not just for terror suspects.