FORT KNOX, Ky. — For the military, obtaining and maintaining a security clearance is essential for accessing classified information and fulfilling roles related to national security. However, ...

Who gets to hold a security clearance? And more importantly, what happens to that eligibility when someone steps out of federal service? Security clearances are the gatekeepers of the nation’s secrets ...

In the past several months security clearances have gone mainstream, perhaps more than ever. High profile clearance revocations have put a process that used to largely sit in the shadows into the ...