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For this reason, security clearances are required for a wide range of jobs, from senior management to janitorial. According to a 2013 Washington Post article, over 3.6 million Americans had top-secret clearances; almost one-third of them worked for private companies, rather than for the U.S. government. [32] [33]
Young National Guardsman Jack Teixeira had a top-secret security clearance and access to documents meant for Pentagon leaders, raising questions in and outside government.
In October 2017, more than 2.8 million people had security clearances — more than 1.6 million of them had confidential or secret clearance, and nearly 1.2 million had access to top secret ...
A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information (state or organizational secrets) or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough background check. The term "security clearance" is also sometimes used in private organizations that have a formal process to vet employees for access to ...
There are three levels of DoD security clearances: [3] TOP SECRET – Information of which the unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. SECRET – Information of which the unauthorized disclosure could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to the national security.
Trump yanked Bolton’s security clearance Monday, the first day of his second term, as well as clearances held by 49 living former intelligence agency officials who signed an October 2020 letter ...
A Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI), now called a Tier 5 (T5) [1] investigation, is a type of United States security clearance investigation. [2] It involves investigators or agents interviewing past employers, coworkers and other individuals associated with the subject of the SSBI.
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