Alexis had security clearance

[dkf]

Aaron Alexis had been working much of this year as a computer contractor for The Experts, and appeared to have a government contractor access card that would have allowed him onto the Navy Yard and other military installations, according to the company’s CEO, Thomas Hoshko. He was working as an hourly technical employee on a massive subcontract with Hewlett Packard to refresh computer systems worldwide at Navy and Marine Corps installations.

Alexis had a security clearance that was updated in July, approved by military security service personnel.

“There had to be a thorough investigation,” Hoshko said. “There is nothing that came up in all the searches. “
Alexis had finished a contract with the company in Japan as part of the work and was about to be reassigned to do additional contract work at the Navy Yard.


“Discharge from the military does not automatically disqualify a person from getting a job as a military contractor or a security clearance. It depends on what the circumstances are,” Hoshko said, adding that he and his co-workers are still reeling. Alexis received a general discharge. “Obviously he was well-qualified. This really came out and shocked all of us.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog/wp/2013/09/16/shooting-at-washington-navy-yard/?hpid=z2#liveblog-entry-17942

[DURHAM D]

1. lol pathetic “There had to be a thorough investigation,”

Obviously that didn't happen.

[Hoyt]

2. Gun background checks are even less thorough.

[maxsolomon]

3. Again, it's connecting the dots where these agencies fail.

TWO arrests in TWO separate states for anger-fueled firearm incidents.

And it didn't get picked up.

[DURHAM D]

5. Perhaps someone needs to introduce these private for-profit

corporations that do all of these background checks to the google.

[pintobean]

6. It got picked up pretty damn quick today.

Makes ya go

[riverwalker]

4. yikes n/t