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"The Guardian understands that a total of 850,000 NSA employees and US private contractors with top secret clearance had access to GCHQ databases." 850,000 emp
by abdulhaq 13y ago
"The Guardian understands that a total of 850,000 NSA employees and US private contractors with top secret clearance had access to GCHQ databases."
850,000 employees/contractors?? - That can't be correct can it?
- Phlarp 13y agoRoughly 1.5 million people have top secret clearance[1], I would personally be alarmed if over half of them had access to data like this, although I can't say it would surprise me at this point. [1] http://news.clearancejobs.com/2011/09/26/how-many-people-have-security-clearances/ http://news.clearancejobs.com/2011/09/26/how-many-people-hav...
- aspensmonster 13y agoI'm personally alarmed that so many people (presumably) have had access to this material and yet these leaks are only _now_ coming out.
- kryten 13y agoMost government employees with top secret clearance (DV in the UK) like I was are scared of the consequences of breaking the rules. When someone puts their life on the line and opens their mouth, there is enough attention on the matter for other people to come forward safely. If the attention is not there, people disappear (without trial in some cases) and end up rotting in jail somewhere.