Could You Pass Obama's Background Check?
President-Elect Tries To Weed Out Controversial Candidates
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - updated: 6:24 pm EST November 13, 2008
Applicants for President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet get ready to chronicle
your life story.
Those interested in joining Obama's administration have to pass an extensive
background test.
Document: Background Check PDF | Survey: Would You Pass?
The Obama transition team is sending a seven-page, 63-item questionnaire to
every candidate for Cabinet and other high-ranking positions in the incoming
administration.
It includes requests for personal and professional records, some covering
applicants' spouses and grown children as well.
Obama wants applicants to "list all aliases or 'handles' you have used to
communicate on the Internet," and asks people to include any e-mail that might
embarrass the president-elect, along with any blog posts and links to their
Facebook.com pages.
Hoping to weed out anyone with ties to companies at the center of the $700
billion bailout, question 18 of the Obama application asks whether "you, your
spouse or any member of your immediate family" have been affiliated with
Fannie, Freddie, American International Group, Washington Mutual and any other
institution getting a government bailout.
"President-elect Obama made a commitment to change the way Washington does
business, and the vetting process exemplifies that," Stephanie Cutter, chief
spokeswoman for the Obama transition office, told the New York Times.
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