Security beyond control

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Originally Posted by CCIP

CCCP at the peak of Cold War: 1 KGB agent for every 428 citizens
USA today: 1 top-clearance security agent for every 363 citizens

Certainly something to stop and think about

All they say is "top secret contractors."

Guess what, that applies to about 50% of my friends. They need to be more specific. C? L? Q-clearance? Yawn. Anyone working at Sandia labs has a frickin clearance. A buddy at Los Alamos is just the computer guy in emergency management, and he's got a clearance (just in case he sees something on a computer screen while fixing a computer, lol).

Why a rise after 9-11? Are they all spies? NO. Duh, the base is now CLOSED to most civilians (where the lab is), so all the uncleared civies needed a clearance to get to work. I want specifics before I get even a little concerned about this.