Hillary Clinton avoiding prosecution courtesy of the FBI is particularly infuriating to my husband and me. Yes, it’s personal.

Back in the late 1980’s, when we had an actual president named Ronald Wilson Reagan, my husband worked in engineering support at Boeing Military Airplane in Wichita, KS. He was an illustrator, and his job required him to receive security clearance.

My husband obtained Secret Clearance — with ‘Special Access Required’ clearance applied later — for working in what was affectionately known as “The Black Hole.” He had to answer basic questions about his background and family, and about mine as well. His fingerprints were taken, which for all we know may still be on file with the FBI. It took a few weeks for the FBI to investigate and clear him.

The warnings he received from agents were emphatic. He was told about what happened to spies like John Walker and his spy ring. He was warned that he could unwittingly give away information in public venues — at that time there were around 12 known active Soviet agents in Wichita.

My husband had to sign an agreement saying that any information he saw could not be disseminated for any period of time to anyone not cleared for that specific project. Printed warnings at the end of the signed agreement said that any violations can be punished with fines, imprisonment, or both. Even the death penalty was referenced.