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Hard to say, the vast majority of people with 'Top Secret' clearances don't ever read a single actual regular 'Top Secret' document, even if they work at the sa
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
Hard to say, the vast majority of people with 'Top Secret' clearances don't ever read a single actual regular 'Top Secret' document, even if they work at the same place for years.
So if it's declassified down it's unlikely more than maybe 50k people will ever know about it.
But then again it could be some super secret thing where previously only 500 people knew about it, or had the full picture, so that would represent a substantial loosening of restrictions.
- FuriouslyAdrift 3y agoTop secret really isn't that uncommon of a security clearance. The timeliness of the information is usually what makes it top secret with compartmentalization a norm for all programs (need to know). Most common thing I saw that was TS:SCI were future or active deployment orders (as foreknowledge could have disastrous consequences). The really important stuff is under codeword programs. Even if cleared, if knowledge isn't directly needed, then you don't get regardless of clearance.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoYes, the statistic is that apparently over a million people have 'Top Secret' clearances of some kind.
- scottyah 3y agoIf this is somewhere you work, you need to report this to Fraud and Abuse. Clearances and billets cost money, if they are not being used they have no Need to Know. From what you've said, this is pretty clearly fraud. https://www.dodig.mil/components/administrative-investigations/DoD-hotline/ https://www.dodig.mil/components/administrative-investigatio...