Federal employees in debt can lose security clearance - The Washington Post

Being in debt is common, but the implications are worse for some. Federal employees and contractors, and candidates for sensitive government jobs who owe money face far more serious consequences than average Americans with financial liabilities. Debt can ruin careers of federal workers and block job applicants from getting good government gigs. Not holding a security clearance is synonymous with not holding a job in certain fields. Access to classified information, required for many positions in intelligence and defense-related agencies and companies, often is denied because employees or applicants are in the red. Unless you are the president.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-employees-debt-security-trump/2020/10/05/e889bab8-05a0-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html