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Originally Posted by MarchHare

Wouldn't Carson have been required to complete a criminal background check before being approved for the job? I've had to submit to security checks before, and I've never held a position anywhere close to the PMO.

If Carson did indeed complete a criminal check and was hired anyway, then either Harper himself or someone on his team would have known of Carson's criminal history.

yup...

the current head of the RCMP, William Elliott, was responsible for giving Carson security clearance. At the time, Elliott was serving as national security adviser in the Privy Council Office (PCO), the bureaucracy that supports the prime minister

Harper says he was aware of Carson's fraud convictions in the 1980s, but didn't know Carson's criminal record was more extensive or that he received court-ordered psychiatric treatment before working for the PMO. He says that if he'd known about the new allegations against Carson, he would not have hired him.

"He was well-regarded. On that basis, the Privy Council Office gave him a security clearance," Harper said. "The fact is, I did not know about these revelations that we're finding out today. I don't know why I did not know."

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...-timeline.html

Layton didn't know he was in a whore house and Harper didn't know about carsons most recent convictions and wasnt responsible for clearing him for security..


So..all even now?