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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:30 AM Sep 2013

I bet I know who conducted the Navy Yard shooter's background check

I'll bet it was the well-known contractor USIS. You know, the same guys who gave Snowden a clearance. They let slide three shooting or arrest incidents and thought this guy was still viable for a security clearance. The same government agency turned private contractor (all for the money) has been under investigation (by a government OIG office, hopefully) for omissions, errors, and falsifications.

Feel safe yet?

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I bet I know who conducted the Navy Yard shooter's background check (Original Post) NightWatcher Sep 2013 OP

Nope it was the NRA the Bush administration outsourced the work gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

I have been wondering who gave the Sec Clearance as well. Raine1967 Sep 2013 #2

gopiscrap

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1. Nope it was the NRA the Bush administration outsourced the work

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Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:30 AM

Sep 2013

Raine1967

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2. I have been wondering who gave the Sec Clearance as well.

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Tue Sep 17, 2013, 10:40 AM

Sep 2013

and honestly -- I was wondering if it was USIS.

The Shooter had a basic Secret clearance, which is the easiest to get. From my understanding it's little more than a Credit and criminal record check.

Snowden had a higher Sec Clearance and it was indeed granted by USIS. I can totally see (and toally appalled) his clearance being granted by a private firm. There are so many things wrong with this. Security Clearances above ANYTHING ELSE should not be privatized.

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