[marshray]

My dim understanding is that once you are enrolled in General- and Admiral-level security clearances, you are not quite free free to freelance your experience globally without significant limitations.

The key questions raised would seem to be: did they in fact obtain the required signoffs, and are the current requirements sufficient or do they need some adjustment?

[dsfyu404ed]

>did they in fact obtain the required signoffs,

You don't get official "signoff" when you're at that level. You get plausibly deniable permission with the understanding that the powers that be reserve the right to pull the rug out from under you should doing so be politically expedient.

[google234123]

The saudis are allies and we sell them many of our top weapon systems.

[unethical_ban]

It seems the ethics and wisdom of that is the debate.

[marshray]

Yes, and there are a lot of signoffs involved.