Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Private Contractors

It's a complete mystery what the flaws in this system could possibly be.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic weaknesses in the granting of federal security clearances.

We created a surveillance state, and then took away the state part. What could go wrong?