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Politics · September 23, 2011
More than 4 Million Americans Have Access to Classified Information, Including 1 Million Contractors
The duty of keeping secrets in the U.S. government does not belong to a small cadre of officials or military leaders. Rather, more than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information — a figure that's far larger than what watchdogs had ever guessed. Of the total, 1,419,051 have top secret security clearance, including 524,990 contractors.