Even "Top Secret" doesn't get you access to anything but a small,
compartmentalized subset of Top Secret documents. Within the main
classification there are sub-classifications which are still controlled
on a need-to-know basis. My view of that universe was very narrow. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/7/2010 9:10 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> If it's anything like this service, you are automatically screened and
> cleared to the Moose level on enlistment/commission; you know about it only
> if you are required to be vetted for higher access such as the Chuck level.
>
> And you would deal with the Moose level material only if you needed to.
>
> The Chris level has changed over the years: I now have Moose clearance but
> I've resisted handling anything above "Hey You" level for over 10 years --
> it's too much hassle and would require me to deal with keys, combinations and
> cross-cut shredders.
>
> Chris
>
>
> On 7 Nov 2010, at 11:41, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> That's very interesting and I wonder why that's so. I had a Top Secret
>> clearance when I was in the Air Force and it was pretty much drilled
>> into me every day by the badge that I had to wear, the guards and door
>> locks I had to pass through and the classifications stamped on
>> everything I handled or created. Even paper coffee cups went to the
>> burn room lest someone had scratched a note on them. I'm amazed that
>> your experience is so different. Could be that, although you had the
>> clearance, you didn't actually deal with any Secret material.
>
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