Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com> said:

BS> Few, if any, other than companies already in the military business; BS> secret clearances are _expensive_, usually take a long time to get, BS> and the military only gives them to people who need them.

Strange, the military processed a SECRET clearance on me even before I signed on the dotted line. Now a TS, that's expensive, but they didn't have much on me other than my SSAN and, I think, my prints to process the SECRET, so they couldn't have done much more than run be through the FBI criminal database.

It varies. My SECRET took almost a year and a personal interview before it was granted. Living 13 years abroad in 5 countries, visiting the eastern bloc, and having relatives over there, made DISA a bit nervous. Clearances tend to be easiest for nth generation midwesterners who are just out of school, have never been anywhere, and have no known relatives abroad. I never went for a TS - I figured it would be too much trouble, and might have been turned down. speaking only for myself... Peter Trei Senior Software Engineer Purveyor Development Team Process Software Corporation http://www.process.com trei@process.com