After Washington Naval Yard Shooting Pentagon Orders Global Review of Security Procedures and Clearances

Hagel Orders Reviews of Security Procedures and Clearances -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday acknowledged that the process used to grant security clearances and access to military installations was in need of review, and most likely repair, two days after a former Navy reservist shot and killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard. Mr. Hagel admitted that “red flags” about the gunman’s past behavior were missed.

“Obviously, something went wrong,” Mr. Hagel said as he announced that he had ordered reviews of physical security, access procedures and the process for granting and renewing security clearances at Defense Department installations around the world.

“Where there are gaps we will close them, where there are inadequacies we will address them, where there are failures we will correct them,” he said. “Our people deserve safe and secure workplaces.”

The gunman, Aaron Alexis, who was also killed during the rampage, was an independent contractor who worked on Navy computers.

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WNU Editor: This is heartbreaking .... I feel for the shooter's mother and especially for all the families who have been destroyed by this senseless shooting.