# What is a Yankee White Security Clearance?

**URL:** <https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-is-a-yankee-white-security-clearance/643>\
**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [March 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-is-a-yankee-white-security-clearance/643 "2015-03-05T14:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/marko/32/103_2.png) [@Marko](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/u/Marko)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/what-is-a-yankee-white-security-clearance/643/1 "2015-03-05T14:30:00Z")

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Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/yankee-white-security-clearance/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/yankee-white-security-clearance/)  
   
I was researching some of the lesser known facts about security clearances and background investigations and ran across a very informative and interesting article posted on [WiseGeek.com](http://WiseGeek.com) that described what a Yankee White security clearance is and what the requirements are to get one. In a nutshell, in order to work on the staff of…