>https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article24770296.html
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/private-contractors-play-key-role-in-us-intelligence-work/
Of the 4.9 million people with clearance to access “confidential and secret” government information, 1.1 million, or 21 percent, work for outside contractors, according to a report from Clapper’s office. Of the 1.4 million who have the higher “top secret” access, 483,000, or 34 percent, work for contractors.
Because clearances can take months or even years to acquire, government contractors often recruit workers who already have them.
Once your an agent, your always an agent cause the government oversight and paperwork is too hard and takes too long to vet someone new and honest, so yeh that