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Originally Posted by trinitree88
Even the President of the United States does not have access to "Q" level data, as he does not have a need to know...
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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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