I realize many of you are or will be greatly saddened by Barack Obama's sudden disqualification from the Democratic Primary contest and the 2008 election, so I will tread lightly here.

It is true that I have not been a supporter of Barack Obama (I did not like any of the three candidates.) That said, I too was very surprised at the way that Barack Obama was disqualified after his stunningly poor showing in Altoona Pennsylvania this weekend.

Not too many people are aware of the Intelligence requirements that Presidents must pass in order to qualify for the level of intelligence clearance that is required to run the Oval Office and take charge of the US Nuclear arsenal. As a former member of the intelligence community, I was aware of these requirements.

That said, I had no idea that Obama would fail so completely.

I needed to understand how anyone could have such a poor showing on what seems like an arbitrary test (the likes of which I haven't seen since high school when natural acne treatments were still rumored to work), so I did some digging and put together some information that puts this into more context both for my own enlightenment and it might possibly help you as well.

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