RIGAA requirement that the new chief of the Constitution Protection Office, Latvia's national security administration, needs top-level security clearance before being nominated could delay the appointment for several months.Under Latvian law, the Saeima (Latvia's parliament) can only confirm a candidate who holds the clearance.Neither of the two nominees named so far -Janis Kazocins or Atis Lejins -have top-level clearance. Both are children of Latvians who fled the country during World War II. In the past, nominees for the position had to have worked for state security structures and alrea...
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