CLEARANCE JOBS . COM / Lindy Kizer: "...Security clearances are never ‘given’ to individuals – access is granted to specific positions, and individuals are vetted for eligibility to access classified information based on their need to know. The term security clearance is used much less frequently in policy than the term ‘eligibility‘. Brennan and other former officials retain their eligibility to access classified information unless a decision to revoke that eligibility is made. Officials would maintain a ‘current’ security clearance for two years after leaving an official government position – assuming their investigation hasn’t expired. But that doesn’t mean they have classified laptops at their houses, or they’re culling classified information from the NSA – unless they have an official government position to justify doing so, or they’re violating policy (which is where a decision to prosecute, rather than simply revoke a clearance, would likely come in) ..." (Continued)...
