Security clearances are the gatekeepers of the nation’s secrets – powerful tools of trust wielded exclusively by the federal government, as delegated by the Executive Branch.

The head of the effort to fix the security clearance process is retiring. David Cattler, the director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, is retiring after more than 35 years of ...

Counsel for national security attorney Mark Zaid allege the White House "summarily revoked" Zaid's security clearance as an act of retribution in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, the ...