security clearance
noun
: special permission given only to people who are approved to know or see secret things
The documents are only available to people with security clearance from the government.
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An ex-government official with top security clearance has been arrested after federal agents found hundreds of gold bars in his Virginia home worth at least $40 million, according to court records obtained by USA TODAY.
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 27 May 2026
With no additional security clearance required, showing up 15 minutes prior to departure offers plenty of time to embark and get situated.
—Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
One was a retired Air Force general, two others were not scientists but had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and another had a security clearance but worked elsewhere.
—Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
In another case, the SPLC said intel from the informant program was passed to law enforcement and led to the conviction of a man who lied about his ties to a white supremacist group while requesting national security clearance.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 27 May 2026
With no additional security clearance required, showing up 15 minutes prior to departure offers plenty of time to embark and get situated.
—Emily Manthei, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
One was a retired Air Force general, two others were not scientists but had worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and another had a security clearance but worked elsewhere.
—Faye Flam, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
In another case, the SPLC said intel from the informant program was passed to law enforcement and led to the conviction of a man who lied about his ties to a white supremacist group while requesting national security clearance.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Security clearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/security%20clearance. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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