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I thought it was only TS/SCI that was that thorough?

• caymanjim 8y ago
  Those things would exclude you from a basic secret clearance as well, but the investigation isn't quite as thorough, so they might not turn up. For secret, there's a questionnaire, and they check public records, and make a few phone calls. Unless you're doing something egregiously bad, it's unlikely to surface. If something like an ongoing concealed marital affair does come up, though, it'll exclude you.
• GVIrish 8y ago
  The thoroughness just increases through the clearance levels. So in a secret clearance investigation they do a cursory check of references, dates, addresses, relatives, etc. but as you go up the ladder to TS and getting cleared for particular programs the investigations become more extensive.
• tssci 8y ago
  It doesn't really matter what the conversation is about because you've got two spooks leading the conversation, to the point that every thread in this discussion is sock puppeting and astro turf. Hey guys, can you be a little less obvious in planting your subject matter? It's kind of pathetic watching the two of you run around, trying to stamp out fires and control the conversation. Like, here you are talking to yourselves like it's a staged fireside chat about all the bugaboos of getting bribed... but this time on linkedin!!! Wuh-ohhhhhhh!!!