
“A company that conducted a 2011 background investigation into Edward Snowden, the source of recent leaks about U.S. secret surveillance programs, is itself under investigation, Senator Claire McCaskill said on Thursday. In her opening statement before a Senate homeland security subcommittee hearing, McCaskill said USIS is currently under investigation by the Office of Personnel Management’s Inspector General based on allegations is systemically failed to adequately conduct investigations under its contract. ‘It is a reminder that background investigations can have real consequences for our national security,’ McCaskill said.”
Related posts:
Two-thirds of French people agree with labour minister's statement that country is 'totally bankrupt...
German pilot in WWII and American B-17 pilot he spared reunite 40 years later
Oil and gas drillers use complex schemes to stiff retired landowners for royalties
S&P: Swiss central bank buying eurozone debt
FBI repeatedly overstated encryption threat figures to Congress, public
Australian firm launches ‘anti-shark’ wetsuits
Relaxed One-child Policy Intensifies China Midwife Shortage
Bipartisan bill would require a warrant for police to search emails
Plainclothes deputy in unmarked car pulls gun; 5 officers attack and tase brothers
CIA Considered Bombing Miami and Killing Refugees to Blame Castro
Woolwich murder suspect 'was offered job with MI5 six months ago'
Texas cop fired for shooting 41 times at suspect, killing him
Turkey’s oil diplomacy with Iraqi Kurds
JPMorgan's Latest Guilt-Free Payoff
Brazil Builds Internet Cable To Portugal To Avoid NSA Surveillance [2014]