Intelligence community appears to be endemic with fraud i.e. Two owners, who were the only employees of a subcontracting firm, mischarged 1,691 hours to the government for time running “a business for horse saddle padding,” according to the IG report… Read More ›
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U.S. intelligence agencies spend millions to hunt for insider threats, document shows
By Carol D. Leonnig, Julie Tate and Barton Gellman, Published: September 1 The U.S. government suspects that individuals with connections to al-Qaeda and other hostile groups have repeatedly sought to obtain jobs in the intelligence community, and it reinvestigates thousands of… Read More ›
Good news for the NSA: There are 42% fewer new secrets for future Edward Snowdens to leak
By Josh Meyer @JoshMeyerDC July 3, 2013 Oops, didn’t mean to declassify that. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite One of the reasons former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was able to get away with stealing top-secret documents about government surveillance programs is… Read More ›
Feds Cracking Down on Classified Gatekeepers / federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees
By ADAM KLASFELD WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees – a crime that prosecutors say is becoming increasingly common. The U.S. government had indicted Ramon Davila in 2011 for… Read More ›