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New survey of intelligence network created in wake of 9/11 attacks estimates some 854,000 people have high-level clearance
In a piece in the Guardian today
Contained the following:
In the cloak and dagger world of intelligence, the assumption fed by countless spy novels and TV dramas is that top-secret security clearance is restricted to an elite few known only by codes such as M and C. Not so in today's America.
A new survey of the intelligence network created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks estimates that some 854,000 people have been given high-level clearance, making James Bond look decidedly everyday.
What an extraordinary number!
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