Matt Cutts and the National Security Agency   Matt Cutts had his resume posted at httpwwwcsunceducutts in  I have a copy It says January August  Department of Defense  Savage Road Ft George G Meade MD  Cooperative 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  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  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 dont work on encryption chips at the NSA unless you have a security clearance