Some top-level civil service jiu-jitsu here...https://twitter.com/MBarany/status/1098985142075510785 …
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trying to remember who told me it's often best to avoid seeking any security clearance and to try to find the information by other means, because once you have clearance it restricts what you can talk about even if you can find it out otherwise.
@wellerstein maybe?
That's always been my philosophy. It's also the case that when historians have had security clearances and written about it later (e.g. Bart Hacker, Richard Hewlett), the ratio of "learning new things" to "going through new hoops to talk about it" is pretty poor.
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Personally, I prioritize being able to talk about things I'm thinking over knowing "for sure" what the official line is. And the official line has its limitations as well, one finds in after-the-fact appraisals. I like
@DanielEllsberg's take on this:https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/02/daniel-ellsberg-limitations-knowledge/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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