Talk:Matt Cutts

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[edit] Matt Cutts and the National Security Agency

Matt Cutts had his resume posted at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~cutts in 2002. I have a copy. It says, "January 1992-August 1994 Department of Defense, 9800 Savage Road, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000. Co-operative education student. Completed four work tours (over a year total) with the National Security Agency. During my first tour I produced a sizable report on UNIX security which resulted in a $500 Special Performance Cash Award. On other tours I worked on natural language processing tools, telecommunications, and hardware design of an encryption chip." I said on my site that he has a Top Secret clearance. In 2006, Matt Cutts pointed out that his clearance has expired. I changed my references to past tense once I learned of his comment. It remains true that he HAD a Top Secret clearance. You don't work on encryption chips at the NSA unless you have a security clearance. Daniel Brandt 03:15, 30 March 2006 (UTC)