Sadly it's not so fast. I saw it take months for an article hearing after an investigation (the duration of which clearances were suspended). It's not until the

Sadly it's not so fast. I saw it take months for an article hearing after an investigation (the duration of which clearances were suspended). It's not until then can an adjudicator assess and with the backlog that existed prior to the extra scrutiny the snowden issues have brought, i'd be hard pressed to believe the timeline was anything under 12 months at a minimum. Another issues is some facilities require a clearance simply to visit HQ which often times is very well removed from the actual operations. When you can get a Campus Access Badge, often times pending adjudications like this can stop even that access. The whole system is rather antiquated.