# A Look Back in History on a 1954 Security Clearance Revocation

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> I don’t think the “Caesar’s Wife” concept would work well today.

You’re right. Such a thing could only work in a high-order, high-trust society, something which nowadays we only have vestiges of. But in theory the ‘Caesar’s wife’ concept seems like a good m.o., even if just reserved for the highest levels.

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