I love to keep an open mind, but I could not make it more than a few lines into the original post. A couple things struck me as bogus.
I have seen CIA credentials from two or three individuals and neither had a "badge". They did have something that someone who is not familiar with a
credentials folder might refer to as a "badge"-- I know what it looks like, so why don't you prove it to me by describing what you saw that you
thought was a "badge"? Also, I remember what their personal credential cards looked like; tell me what the one(s) you saw looked like. You can be
kind of vague for OPSEC concerns, just a general description and I am sure I can tell if you saw the real deal or not.
I've had security clearances both during my time in the military and the times I have done civilian work (even right this moment). And NEVER once
have I had any kind of printed security clearance notice, or anything to show people. And what is "ultra 5" supposed to mean anyhow? What kind of
document were you shown? Heck, I know my security clearance existed on paper somewhere, as I had to periodically sign something when it was
"renewed," but I never had any papers in my possession that came out and told the clearance level! If someone waved something in front of me that
said "JOHN DOE...TOP SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE" I would laugh and tell the person to spend more time at Kinko's making a better fake. The only
detectable evidence of my security clearance was either a colored part of an ID or a little sensor of some kind inside an access card that I had,
which would allow me in and out of areas where my "need to know" existed.


I try to type 'correct' but sometimes I miss small stuff
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