By Howard Altman, The Tampa Tribune, July 23, 2011.
https://www.newspapers.com/paper/the-tampa-tribune/5900/
How could Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Scott Allan Bennett, 40, obtain a top-secret clearance despite a previous misdemeanor conviction in 2008 for lying to government officials?
Bennett obtained TS/SCI clearance, top-secret/sensitive compartmentalized information, the highest level of security clearance available, in October 2008, according to Army Lt. Col. Gerald Ostlund.
Ostlund said Bennett's clearance was requested by the defense contractor. Bennett did not enter the Army Reserve, where he served as a personnel officer with the 11th Psychological Operations Battalion, until four months after he obtained his clearance, Ostlund said.
By John Barry, Tampa Bay Times, December 2, 2011.
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2011/12/02/macdill-impostor-headed-to-prison/
He also obtained a direct commission as a lieutenant in the Army Reserve.
[Booz Allen Hamilton] sent him to MacDill as a civilian analyst at U.S. Central Command...
By Staff Writer, The Ledger, January 7, 2011.
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2011/01/08/macdill-contractor-accused-of-lying/26409185007/
Authorities say he was actually working as a civilian military contractor at the base. Bennett is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves, but he was not on active duty.