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DoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance

Pat Host

Wednesday, February 12th, 2014

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DoD Reviewing 10-Year Standards For Secret-Level Security Clearance

The Defense Department is reviewing the standard that allows 10 years between security clearance background investigations for employees with secret-level clearances. Under current law, a person holding a top secret clearance, the highest level of access to classified government information, must be reinvestigated every five years to continue holding the clearance. Those holding a secret clearance, which Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis held, must be reinvestigated every 10 years as it is one step below top secret. Those holding…

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