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My lazy reading of Kerry's docs at Findlaw is that he had some sort of nuke training, and in the USN of the 70's TS was pro forma for anything - anything - having to do with nukes, whether as weapons or power plants. I presume its the same today.

It's all moot in any case, since elected Congressional officials do not need formal clearance to access classified materials within their scope of interest. Intel Committee members are regularly briefed on Q Class, TS SCI, blah blah blah whatever. They are not subject to the normal background checks.

Does anyone have all of the Navy records saved that Kerry has had on his website to date?

I posted earlier on the Mystery Surrounding Kerry's Discharge thread, and I think this may be applicable here as well, since the two threads may be related.

I remember reading in one of Kerry's records a brief reference to a JAG or Judicial something, when I first looked at the records Kerry had posted online. My hubby reminded me of it when I saw the aformentioned article posted this a.m. I saw the document on his website before I signed up at FR, so it might not be there now. Every time I try to open up a PDF file today it is locking up my computer, so I haven't been able to check to see if it is still there or not.

I am racking my brain trying to remember which document it was on, but I can't remember for sure. It may have been a cover letter that went along with another document, that had a signature of someone from JAG.

Maybe an industrious person on the thread can take a look through and see if they can find anything. At the time my hubby and I both thought it was odd that there was a reference to JAG or judicial anything in his records.

(My gut tells me it may have been a response letter to a request by Kerry for some record, and that the record was with it. Maybe one of his DD214's, revised record or something, I just can't remember and its driving me nuts!!!!!)

Hopefully one of our crack investigators can take a look for us.

You are right that basically all nuke-related stuff is TS just by its very nature, and that elected critters don't get clearances. Maybe its time for a new federal law that all declared presidential and v.p. candidates must undergo background investigations. That would wipe out about 85% of all Dem contenders in the last 20-some years!