So the military allowed a friggin’ 21 year old to have access to this level of documents? Something does not smell right here. I would think there is no way he has been in the military long enough to be entrusted with such information.
Could a Veteran chime in on whether or not this is usual?
Heck, I had to spend longer than four years in the position from which I retired to even have editing privileges over student’s grades.
Age has nothing to do with it. If a person is granted a TS then they are deemed “trustworthy” to handle TS info.
How to get a TS, Job requires it, Fill out extensive paperwork, extensive investigation, OMP adjudicates investigation and grants TS or not. It can take up to a year.
I was 18 with a Top Secret SCI. It was taken seriously. But I had a full background check done, at that time (mid-late 1980s), by the FBI. My former boss was freaked out when he was called to the front office to talk to the agent. Trying to figure out why the Feebs would want to talk to him.