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Re: [perpass] Henry Farrell Article

Leif Johansson <leifj@mnt.se> Fri, 06 December 2013 19:22 UTC

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On 12/06/2013 10:37 AM, Robin Wilton wrote:
> The only quibble I have is with the article's assertion that "hundreds
> of thousands" of people in the US have access to classified and
> potentially embarrassing documents. 
>
> That figure is far too low. 
>
> The government's own figures for 2011 are that 4.8 million people have
> "classified" clearance, and 1.4 million are cleared for Top Secret. 
>
Inflation at work. I'm sure there are EV^H^Hhigher
cert^H^H^H^Hclassifications with fewer people in them.

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