Editing Security clearance (section)

== Individuals who have had security clearances revoked ==
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In the post [[World War II]] era, there have been several highly publicized, and often controversial, cases of officials or scientists having their security clearances revoked, including:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Reason !! Year of revocation
|-
|data-sort-value="Berger, Sandy"|[[Sandy Berger]] || Mishandling of classified documents || 2005
|-
|data-sort-value="Biden, Joe"|[[Joe Biden]] || [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump]]'s rival<ref name="Trump rival">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74kg3e2m08o|title=Trump revokes security clearance for Harris, Clinton, and critics|first1=Jaroslav|last1=Lukiv|first2=Kayla|last2=Epstein|work=BBC |date=22 March 2025|via=bbc.com}}</ref> || 2025<ref name="Trump memo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/rescinding-security-clearances-and-access-to-classified-information-from-specified-individuals/|title=Rescinding Security Clearances and Access to Classified Information from Specified Individuals |first=Donald J.|last=Trump|work=Presidential Memoranda |date=March 22, 2025|via=whitehouse.gov}}</ref>
|-
|data-sort-value="Blagojevich, Rod"|[[Rod Blagojevich]]<ref name=Blagojevich>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna28475919|title=Ill. governor's federal security clearance revoked|website=NBC News|date=2009-01-02}}</ref> || Corruption charges || 2008
|-
|data-sort-value="Brennan, John O."|[[John O. Brennan]] || Claimed but not processed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/25/us/politics/trump-intelligence-agencies.html|title=Trump's Targeting of Intelligence Agencies Gains a Harder Edge|first1=Michael S.|last1=Schmidt|first2=Julian E.|last2=Barnes|work=The New York Times |date=May 25, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> || N/A
|-
|data-sort-value="Clinton, Hillary"|[[Hillary Clinton]] || [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump]]'s rival<ref name="Trump rival" /> || 2025<ref name="Trump memo" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Deutch, John M."|[[John M. Deutch]] || Mishandling of classified information || 1999
|-
|data-sort-value="Drake, Thomas Andrews"|[[Thomas Andrews Drake]] || Unauthorized disclosure of secrets || 2010
|-
|data-sort-value="El-Ganayni, Abdel-Moniem"|[[Abdel-Moniem El-Ganayni]] || Unknown reasons || 2008
|-
|data-sort-value="Flynn, Michael T."|[[Michael T. Flynn]] || Lying to the FBI || 2017
|-
|data-sort-value="Harris, Kamala"|[[Kamala Harris]] || [[Second presidency of Donald Trump|Trump]]'s rival<ref name="Trump rival" /> || 2025<ref name="Trump memo" />
|-
|data-sort-value="Lee, Wen Ho"|[[Wen Ho Lee]] || Espionage charges || 1999
|-
|data-sort-value="Oppenheimer, Robert"|[[Robert Oppenheimer]] || Communist sympathies || 1954
|-
|data-sort-value="Saucier, Aldric"|[[Aldric Saucier]] || Whistleblowing on fraud<ref name="chicagotribunearmyagaintargets">{{cite news|last1=Evans|first1=David|title=Army Again Targets Fraud Whistle-blower|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/04/15/army-again-targets-fraud-whistle-blower/|access-date=26 August 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=15 April 1992}}</ref> || 1992
|-
|data-sort-value="Snowden, Edward"|[[Edward Snowden]] || Unauthorized disclosure of secrets || 2013
|-
|data-sort-value="Turing, Alan"|[[Alan Turing]] [[United Kingdom|(UK)]] || Homosexuality conviction || 1952
|-
|data-sort-value="Xuesen, Qian"|[[Qian Xuesen]] || Communist sympathies || 1950
|}

This list does not cover people whose security clearance lapsed possibly following changing their job.<ref name="Vetting_guidelines_18082018">
{{cite web
 |title=Guidance United Kingdom Security Vetting
 |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/security-vetting-and-clearance
 |publisher=(UK) Ministry of Defence
 |access-date=18 August 2018
}}</ref>

=== Related to [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]] ===
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