Yankee White is a security clearance given in the United States for personnel working with the President. Obtaining such clearance requires, in part, a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) by the Department of Defense. Contrary to popular lore, the Yankee White clearance given to personnel who work directly with the President is not a classification, but rather a type of background check. Classified information is secret information to which access is restricted by law or corporate rules to a particular hierarchical class of people. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wikisource. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... A background check is a process in which the specifics of an individuals past history are revealed for the purposes of employment or obtaining classified information. ...

See also

"Yankee White" is also the name of the pilot episode of the television series Navy NCIS. A television pilot is the first episode of an intended television series. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... NCIS is a CBS network television series about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service who investigate crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel. ...

External links and references

• 89 Airlift Wing Instruction April 1997 "The 89 SPS administers the Yankee White clearance program."
• Global Security The Football "follows the President where ever he goes and is never more that a few steps from his side. It is carried by a military officer who must undergo the nation's most rigorous security background check - the Yankee White. It contains a secure SATCOM radio and handset, the nuclear launch codes known as the "Gold Codes" and the President's Decision Book - the nuclear playbook that the President would rely on if he would ever have to decide to use nuclear weapons. Its real name is unknown but it is popularly known as the football"
• Department of Defense - INSTRUCTION NUMBER 5210.87 - November 30, 1998 "E3.3.1. The administrative nickname “YANKEE WHITE” must be stamped or printed in the Remarks section of the DD Form 1879, “Request for Personnel Security Investigation,” for all Presidential support requests that are manually submitted. For those electronic submissions of the DD Form 1879, “YANKEE WHITE” will be typed in item 1 and the form will then be stamped by the Defense Security Service (DSS) upon completion of the investigation. All requests for investigation must indicate whether or not the individual is being processed for a security clearance by any other Department or Agency of the Federal Government."