Oops-Contractor that vetted Snowden says it also ran background check for Navy Yard shooter

[malaise]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/contractor-which-vetted-snowden-says-it-did-background-check-for-navy-yard-shooter/2013/09/19/7e778cae-2173-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html
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USIS, the Falls Church government contractor that handled the background check for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, said Thursday that it also vetted Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis for his ­secret-level clearance in 2007.

The company, which is under criminal investigation over whether it misled the government about the thoroughness of its background checks, said earlier this week that it had not handled Alexis’s case.

“Today we were informed that in 2007, USIS conducted a background check of Aaron Alexis” for the Office of Personnel Management, Howell said in a statement. “We are contractually prohibited from retaining case information gathered as part of the background checks we conduct for OPM and therefore are unable to comment further on the nature or scope of this or any other background check.”

[Xipe Totec]

1. We're really, really thorough. Trust us... nt

[gopiscrap]

2. Once again you can't privitize

the minute you let a for profit business do the work you get the worst product possible for the highest profit for them. You just can't trust a business to do the right thing.

[malaise]

3. It is not just profit

It is security - national security. What when their agenda is different from that of the government? How many anti-Obama folks work for them?

[gopiscrap]

4. good point

[bobthedrummer]

5. Yep. K&R. n/t