poll - have you ever had a security clearance and access to classified stuff

[Ghee Buttersnaps]

I don't know squat about this, but all this CIA, FBI, etc. stuff makes me wonder if people are just talking out of their asses. I looked this up and just threw some stuff out there. I'm sure someone will explain how I screwed up the poll.

**Unlimited choices**

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

All you have to do is donate to the trump campaign and you can get as much access as you like.

 

[alaskanseminole]

You didn’t do too bad...classification or security clearance levels range from Confidential, Secret, and Top Secret. The lowest I’ve ever worked with is Secret, but technically a Confidential clearance would be the lowest (just never seen it in use).

Caveats and need to know are the keys here which are additional restrictions/conditions placed on access to classified information. These can include details about the specific type of information or the context in which it can be accessed. For instance, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) is a subset of classified data that involves sensitive sources or methods, requiring special handling procedures.

Special access programs (SAPs) are HIGHLY controlled access programs that provide additional security measures beyond anything mentioned above…and are designed to protect exceptionally sensitive information. Additionally, these programs can be acknowledged or unacknowledged (by Congressional oversight programs). I’ve had access to several of these and yet there are still hundreds I’ve probably never even heard of much less had access to.

 

[hawkeye54545]

Does the four number pass code into OP's mom's room count?

 

[NDallasRuss]

Does the four number pass code into OP's mom's room count?

#6969

 

[tarheelbybirth]

I've been allowed to dig through my no-pic wife's purse so there's that.


Actually, it was more like I was forced to but still...

 

[NDallasRuss]

I answered "other" mostly because of the "access to classified stuff" part of the question. All mine has been at the local level, but I routinely have access to PII/HIPAA-type information as part of my job. Nothing at a federal/international level though.

 

[Hawki97]

I'm just going to say yes. And leave it at that.

 

[IMCC965]

TS/SCI Special Access Program. And DAMN it was interesting.

 

[IACub]

I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

 

[hawksurprize]

TS/SCI Special Access Program. And DAMN it was interesting.

Yep, top secret the FBI does conduct interviews with people who know you. This was based on a military job I had but I did get switched to a different occupation which was only secret. Secret really isn't much.

 

[Rifler]

All I have is a security badge that gets me into the office,.. so I said no.

 

[ping72]

At the federal level? No.

 

[Scott559]

Never had security clearance, Did have job where part of the hiring process was FBI background check.

 

[Aardvark86]

I've been allowed to dig through my no-pic wife's purse so there's that.


Actually, it was more like I was forced to but still...

jesus that would be like poking around the servers and changing source code in my house.

 

[hawkmart]

Not secret but public trust. So yeah if filed a tax return i had access to that database at one point. Changed jobs so it's no longer active. No intention of going back to federal contracting IT work. Getting clearances is a pain.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Yep, top secret the FBI does conduct interviews with people who know you. This was based on a military job I had but I did get switched to a different occupation which was only secret. Secret really isn't much.

Yup. OPM is responsible for the background investigations, which spooked some HS friends/family when I first joined. Another thing I forgot to mention above were the polygraphs. You have the CI and full scope poly. I've only had the CI, which is stressful enough. I couldn't imagine the full scope--which is a requirement for NSA Civies. I was a USAF Civie working at NSA, so I only had to have the CI poly.

Fun Fact. My daughter is about to get reassigned to the unit I retired from; a SAP program.

 

[bcherod]

I don't know squat about this, but all this CIA, FBI, etc. stuff makes me wonder if people are just talking out of their asses. I looked this up and just threw some stuff out there. I'm sure someone will explain how I screwed up the poll.

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Obviously I cannot explain myself and I won’t.

 

[alaskanseminole]

Obviously I cannot explain myself and I won’t.

 

[bcherod]

Nothing to do with sensitivity.

 

[BrianNole777]

Does the four number pass code into OP's mom's room count?

Nah.

Everyone has that easy access.

 

[GOHOX69]

Yes. No further comment.

 

[The Tradition]

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

 

[alaskanseminole]

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

In thread Pepsi

 

[IMCC965]

Yep, top secret the FBI does conduct interviews with people who know you. This was based on a military job I had but I did get switched to a different occupation which was only secret. Secret really isn't much.

Those guys were sneaky. They would take my references then ask them who else I knew. Then go and talk to those other people instead. Obviously the people you give as references are going to say all the right things.

 

[DogBoyRy]

I don't know squat about this, but all this CIA, FBI, etc. stuff makes me wonder if people are just talking out of their asses. I looked this up and just threw some stuff out there. I'm sure someone will explain how I screwed up the poll.

**Unlimited choices**

I have a brother and a nephew with top level clearance/s. Brother from contractor view and nephew in military.
Both take it extremely seriously.

 

[runkpanole]

I did, but never had access. Was planning to join the Army National Guard and went to MEPS, but about a week before shipping out to Fort Moore for BCT, I started having seizures. Seizures and didn’t exactly work. I was supposed to be in a communications role and go to Fort Eisenhower for AIT. So, applied, had no problem being granted clearance, but never made it. Kind of sucks.

 

[prlyles]

I was in the army in Europe during the Cold War. I had a secret clearance plus a Nato secret. The Nato clearance would change to TS during wartime.