I hear they pulled down David Clarke's master thesis...

[flotsam]

...from the website of the Naval Postgraduate School. But here's a good question-reading his bio, David Clarke never joined any branch of the service and never served any branch of government higher than the county level. Here's a snip on Wiki about entry requirements for the NPS:The NPS student population is mostly active-duty officers from all branches of the U.S. military, although U.S. Government civilians and members of foreign militaries can also matriculate under a variety of programs. Most of the faculty are civilians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School

My question is how did Clarke even gain entry there?

[druidity33]

1. Why that's a good question... K&R, nt.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Most likely he bought a online sheep skin.

[Massacure]

3. The NPS has what they call "Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)"

https://www.chds.us/c/academic-programs/masters-degree-program

Browsing around NPS' website, it looks like that program is specifically tailored to State and Municipal employees. As far as I can tell, every other program requires you to be a member of the armed forces, a DoD contractor, or a federal employee.

[flotsam]

4. Thanks that's very interesting.

I wonder what poor suckers paid for his education?