How Federal Classification Works (and why it’s a problem)
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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What Dare We Say Jargon?
In order to take a secret action, you have to conspire with your team. It's just weird that we all kind of pay for a government to function for us but then we don't get to know what that government is doing often. In the U.S., the Civil Service Act of 1883 established what we call the predecessor of background checks. The current system for classifying stuff was established way back in 1951 and it keeps getting re-addressed by executive ordersoften.
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