Firm Doing U.S. Security Checks Seen Doing Shortcuts

Shortcuts Seen by Firm Doing Security Checks -- New York Times

The calls and e-mails from top executives came toward the end of each month, former managers at USIS recalled. The company needed to swiftly complete investigating security clearances for the government in order to reach its monthly revenue goal, the managers said they were told. Finally, there was an order: “Flush” everything you’ve got.

The directive to give quick final approval of background investigations without reviewing them for quality — known as flushing — was sent, the managers said, to a branch office of USIS, a company that has performed 700,000 yearly security checks for the government. Among the individuals the company vetted were Edward J. Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, and Aaron Alexis, who the police say shot and killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard last week.

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My Comment: 700,000 security checks done each year .... with such numbers there is no way that you can take out the "bad apples" 100% of the time. But conducting shortcuts to save money .... that is definitely a no-no.

The USIS website is here.