Andy K wrote: ........... > >I had a guy I worked with, a MSEE, who had a (TS+compartmental+cryto) clearance >in Korea when he was in charge of communications at one of our bases. > >When he got a civilian job, it took over a year for them to clear him to a >Secret _because_ of his prior stuff. > >Whoda thunk!?! > Overseas, near the communist border - bad, really bad. Where did he go on vacations? What did he do on weekends? Who did he know? Who did he talk to? Where did he drink? Who frequented the places he hung out at? Were any of his friends and acquaintances of oriental ancestry? And that's just the "special" questions in his particular case. They check **everything**. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu