To be clear, Security Clearances is just an EO thing. The actual laws just speak about things being critical to national security and don't use the words like

To be clear, Security Clearances is just an EO thing. The actual laws just speak about things being critical to national security and don't use the words like "Top Secret" and etc. The whole actually labeling things "Top Secret" and etc started off with Clinton [1] but then Bush [2] and Obama [3] modified the rules around classification. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12958 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12958 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13292 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13292 [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526