Interesting article in the WSJ: “U.S. Relies on Spies for Hire to Sift Deluge of Intelligence”
The numbers that pop:
- Almost 5 million folks are walking around with security clearances
- Of those, almost 30% – 1.4 million — have top secret clearance
- Of those, over 1/3 are contractors, i.e. non-government personnel.
Man, I would have bet the under on all of those.
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