My only question is if these people have to go through regular PRs and poly's like normal people...and if so, how the hell do they survive them?
As for me, one of the happiest days in my life is when I was able to sign the debriefing section of the SF312 and give the damned thing up for good.
They make a lot of money from their security clearances. There should be a Son-of-Sam law for deep staters with clearances, that makes it impossible for them to profit from it.