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littlebird | 14 years ago | on: Famous Last Words by Bosses I've Had

Your name isn't Buttle is it?

littlebird | 14 years ago | on: Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone

It no doubt has an EGI - a combined GPS INS. It will depend entirely on the software interpreting that data.

littlebird | 14 years ago | on: The mental gymnastics involved in having a high security clearance.

Not sure about network protocols, but, the systems research version of this is called multi-level secure systems. You might want to start looking there.

littlebird | 14 years ago | on: The mental gymnastics involved in having a high security clearance.

For a more nuts and bolts view of security requirements and procedures, the NISPOM is publicly available http://www.dss.mil/isp/fac_clear/download_nispom.html

littlebird | 14 years ago | on: The mental gymnastics involved in having a high security clearance.

There exist a number of "super users," I believe their role is to minimize redundancy of effort. Even if someone had access to everything, the amount of data generated far exceeds what one person can handle.