Regarding Security of Classified Information

[SeattleVet]

11. We were supposed to tuck our badge in if we went out anywhere.

If you went to any local place during lunch it looked sort of like a convention of saxophone players - everyone had a chain around their neck, tucked into the front of their shirt.

And yes, pretty much everything there was 'born classified'. Even the cleaning crews had to have high levels of clearance, since many of the offices were considered to be secure in their own right (at varying levels) and we could leave material out in the desk, as long as it was covered with a black cloth when we left for the night.

Probably one of my favorite assignments. The shop I was in offered to being me in as a civilian employee when I got out at a decent GS rating, but I really was ready to get away from that environment. I went to work as a System Manager at a huge NYC bank, and left there after 8 years as an Asst. VP. The foreign travel restrictions I had (due to the various project accesses I was granted) finally expired in 2001 (17 years after I left).

Fun times!