The Birth of a Nation and 250 Years of Keeping America's Secrets

Podcast: Security Clearance Careers Podcast · ClearanceJobs

Opublikowano: 2026-07-06

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, it's a fitting time to look back at how we've protected the nation's most valuable asset: information. Long before security clearances, SCIFs, and cyber defense, there were trusted patriots carrying handwritten messages, writing in invisible ink, and operating spy rings behind enemy lines. George Washington understood that intelligence could be just as powerful as military force, relying on networks like the Culper Spy Ring to gather critical information during the Revolutionary War. On this episode of the Security Clearance Careers Podcast, Jill Hamilton, Director of Content at...