[muleskinner]

Everyone who works at Livermore and Los Alamos gets one if they pass the FBI background check. It's the history of your life starting with your first job and living with Mom and Dad. It's come to Jesus time with the FBI. Usually, getting a "Q-Clearance" is no problem, unless you try to hide something and the FBI finds out a few weeks after the interview.
The "Q" is the basic Top-Secret clearance for Dept of Energy facilities. IIR, it's not anywhere near the highest clearance levels. With those, you're allowed into the Area 51 storage buildings..........:)

[george76]

"The problem is when you actually have those materials that are supposed to be protected inside the lab and you find them outside the lab in the hands of criminals — that should worry everybody."


Danielle Brian, executive director,
Project on Government Oversight