Those Without Clearances Valued, Too (corrected link)
We often post articles which describe just how valuable it has become as a job-seeker to have a security clearance. Well, for a change, here is one that mentions the exact opposite—that those without security clearances are valued, too.
He would have undermined the insularity of the intelligence world by asking [Intelligence Community] members to meet with outside experts whose insights ‘may be worth more than security clearances.’
The Director of National Intelligence also said as much when he signed, in July 2007, an order encouraging Intel Community outreach to non-cleared experts outside government.