Re: Smoke & certs.

[Jonathan Karon <jkaron () animusrex com>]

> From: surreal () delusory org
> Date: October 11, 2004 2:24:21 PM PDT
> Subject: Smoke & certs. was: RE: [Dailydave] Poland.
>
> Things certainly could have changed since, but... in 1982 I enlisted in
> the U.S. Army and, in a fit of inexplicable honesty told the recruiter
> "sure, I smoke". He asked if I was willing to quit, I said "yes", and
> within the year I had my Top Secret clearance.

My memory of it is that they don't care what you do, they just care if 
you get nervous, lie, and/or they think someone could use it as 
leverage to "break" you.

> I've got a question about clearances, since y'all are here. Does the
> clearance expire after a length of time? How would one find out the
> status of their clearance?

I know things got a lot more tight in the '90s, and I can't say what 
went on prior to that.  In '98, in the private sector at least, your US 
clearance was sponsored by a government agency.  Those clearances were 
yearly, subject to renewal and review.  If you left the company, or 
your company stopped paying their fees or flunked a security audit, the 
agency would revoke the clearance.  I'm sure it's a bit different if 
you're a government employee, but if there's no agency actively 
maintaining your clearance, you can bet it's expired.

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