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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Too much information is classified, and too many people have access to it. It has been that way for more than 50 years, and I don't know of any serious efforts to change the system. I had a SECRET clearance for 35 years, but I never really needed it. They just gave it to me automatically. Don't expect any changes to occur.
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What kind of work did you do? Many people in the military are given security clearances because of the nature of their work may put them in the position where they will have to safeguard classified information or equipment. There are classified communications codes that are used at the squad level in military units that a number of people will need to perform the mission. Therefor a security clearance is required to possess and use those codes.
I worked with a private security company that provided armed and unarmed guards to the government. I put the bid together for the contract and oversaw our on site manager. One of the contracts was providing security for classified work at a research facility. Even the though guards and supervisors never had access to the material, they still had to have a clearance in the chance they had to enter the classified area of facility due to an emergency or unauthorized intrusion. I worked a few hundred miles away from the site at the home office, but because I did on site performance inspections of our guard personnel, I was required to have a valid security clearance. If I remember correctly, it was a Top Secret clearance. Even though I had a clearance I didn't have a Need To Know for access to it.