Top-secret clearance checks falsified

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/21/top-secret-clearance-checks-falsified/

By Jim McElhatton
The Washington Times
June 21, 2011

Federal authorities responsible for granting security clearances to 
government employees and contractors are spending hundreds of thousands 
of dollars investigating the investigators.

Government inspectors say they have undertaken a broader campaign in 
recent years to root out fraud in background checks as more national 
security clearances are being sought than ever before.

Overall, court records reviewed by The Washington Times show at least 
170 confirmed falsifications of interviews or record checks and more 
than 1,000 others that couldn’t be verified. The background 
investigators, whose work helps determine who gets top-secret security 
clearance, were submitting forms saying they conducted interviews or 
verified official documents when they never did.

“The monetary loss sustained by the government does not, nor cannot, 
represent the cost associated with potential compromise of our nation’s 
security and the trust of the American people in its government’s 
workforce,” Kathy L. Dillaman, associate director in charge of 
investigations at the Office of Personnel Management, wrote in a 
victim-impact statement for a recent court case involving a convicted 
investigator.

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