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Old 27-December-2006, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by trinitree88 View Post
Even the President of the United States does not have access to "Q" level data, as he does not have a need to know...
The POTUS has the only absolute security clearance. There is no national security information that they are restricted from accessing. All security classifications stem from the POTUS' authority as CINC - though some information is required to be classified by acts of Congress. Of course, TS is the highest primary classification whose existence is unclassified.
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