On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:02:26 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+Actually that is one of the lower security clearances and is not that
+difficult to get and maintain. IF you have no criminal background, no
+membership in subversive organizations and not in severe debt, then
+this clearance is easy to get.
+
+
+Unless the system has changed in the past 20 years, there are three
+levels of security clearance: 'confidential', 'secret' and 'top
+secret'. It is -not- "one of the lower security clearances", and it is
+-not- easy to get.
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Well My brother holds a secret clearance and his job grade was down
graded from top secret. I thought he mentioned that was the lowest
clearance and he was glad to be there and not at top secret. But then
I maybe wrong and Frank you maybe right.

Besides I never could see the reason for top secret to track satellite
launches either, but there at one time must have been. He would never
tell the reason and I never pushed the issue out of respect for the
clearance and his job.

Why security clearances are issued and required is not always very
obcious. I think in part it is what budget the department has and what
the DoD determines is necessary for the job grade.

james


james