Thanks but I already coded it myself. Surrounding the entire template does not work and hides the post in a thread as well as the postbit. So I selected which elements I needed to hide and wrapped them and now its all secured and done!
If you ask me VB needs permission settings built in for postbit visibility. In the case of my site being a school site with students, security that is HIPPA compliant is the most important for us. VB has many more security holes related to account data then bugs found in their code.
I also hid some reply and post buttons that fit my situation as well. So I have one forum that is hidden unless you have the direct link to the thread. The thread is just a page cleaned (secured) and created by the admin.