[Shethink13]

See my post 34. Serving the government may include being a contractor. Consider my post. Like all other resources, we need a healthy pool of cleared people who want to continue to contribute to the nation, even if they are no longer in uniform.

Why does a contractor need security clearance? Not being sarcastic, just would really like to know. Why would a contractor need to have access to top secret intelligence?

[cynwoody]

Why does a contractor need security clearance?

Ask Eddie from Security. He was a contractor.

[Magnum44]

That’s a fair question. The answer is there are hundreds of defense contractors (ie Boeing, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Sperry, etc,etc) who employ thousands of workers on defense contracts developing and supporting all sorts of military systems that require clearances because either the system itself is classified or the data it handles is classified. It’s not all about the raw intel you think of in spy stories. It’s about protecting the systems and information that give us the edge against our adversaries. Hope this answers your question.