>2 US Navy sailors arrested for spying around august of last year one of them was apparently only bribed $10k-15K for the year
This is exactly why investigations for security clearances focus mostly on a person's financial situation: someone who has a lot of debt and shows a pattern of poor financial management, i.e. someone who'd jump at a chance to make an extra measly $10k, is the kind of person they want to avoid giving a high security clearance to, because of incidents exactly like this.
It's a common misconception that clearance holders who sell secrets make a lot of money doing so, and this just isn't the case: it's comparatively small amounts like this. For someone who's deep in debt and desperate, it doesn't take much to buy them.
This is exactly why investigations for security clearances focus mostly on a person's financial situation: someone who has a lot of debt and shows a pattern of poor financial management, i.e. someone who'd jump at a chance to make an extra measly $10k, is the kind of person they want to avoid giving a high security clearance to, because of incidents exactly like this.
It's a common misconception that clearance holders who sell secrets make a lot of money doing so, and this just isn't the case: it's comparatively small amounts like this. For someone who's deep in debt and desperate, it doesn't take much to buy them.