His mentor was Richard Bissell, who was founded Area 51 and was the deputy director of the CIA,
the number two at the entire CIA.
If he had gotten his Q clearance through the CIA, there's no way to use the Freedom of Information
So the CIA works with the DOE and there's a counterintel division actually of, uh, uh,
the CIA that like works with the department of energy.
but if he got a skill clearance through the CIA, they'd have no idea, uh, that, you know,
for the CIA was like rampant, like a ton of these guys.
And his mentor, by the way, was extremely high up at the CIA.