Suspected U.S. shooter had 'secret' clearance, employer says

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Reuters – 54 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspect in Monday's shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, had "secret" clearance and was assigned to start working there as a civilian contractor with a military-issued ID card, his firm's chief executive told Reuters.

"He did have a secret clearance. And he did have a CAC (common access card)," said Thomas Hoshko, CEO of The Experts Inc, which was helping service the Navy Marine Corps Intranet as a subcontractor for HP Enterprise Services, part of Hewlett-Packard Co.


"We had just recently re-hired him. Another background investigation was re-run and cleared through the defense security service in July 2013," Hoshko said.
Hoshko said he believed that Alexis' "secret" security clearance dated back to 2007.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/suspected-u-shooter-had-secret-clearance-employer-says-010927653.html

[arcane1]

1. "as a subcontractor"... that says it all n/t

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2. "cleared through the defense security service"

Are there different processes for subs?

[Llewlladdwr]

4. No.

All requests for a security clearance from private industry go through DSS. Every company, whether a primary or sub contractor, has to have a Field Security Officer that works directly with the Defense Information Systems Contracting Office on clearances and other security issues.

[Llewlladdwr]

3. What does it say, exactly?

I've been a sub-contractor on a government contract before. How is that evil?

[gopiscrap]

5. That's a total fuck up

[TroglodyteScholar]

6. A LOT of people have a SECRET clearance

And everyone accessing a base--civilian, military, contractor, whatever--will have a CAC. If you've been issued a CAC, you're basically assumed not to be a threat...although you are still subject to the random stops and searches (which I never experienced in several years working on an AFB post-9/11)...

[ManiacJoe]

7. Exactly. "Secret" is a pretty low clearance level.

[Recursion]

8. "Secret" doesn't really do much

I wonder if it was interim or full?

[Llewlladdwr]

9. Doesn't really matter.

Either way you get access to the same things (info, networks, etc.), at least in my organization.

[Skip Intro]

10. I thought he used somebody else's ID?

[HipChick]

11. Even if he used another ID for access - he was still in JPASS

with a security clearance, low -level one even..

[Skip Intro]

13. I dont' get it.

Did he have a pass in his name that would let him get to where he evidently wanted to get?

If so, why did he use someone else's ID/Pass?

What am I missing?

[mwrguy]

12. SECRET is the bottom rung of clearances

Doesn't mean much.

[Llewlladdwr]

15. CONFIDENTIAL is the bottom rung.

Maybe FOUO (For Official Use Only) if you want to be technical. Although it's not counted as an actual classification level there are still handling requirements when dealing with it. Then there's PII (Personally Identifiable Information) which is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

[mwrguy]

16. I stand corrected

CONFIDENTIAL doesn't even require an SF86.

[MrMickeysMom]

14. And, yet...

This guy in a previous episode of his life, decides after staring at his next door neighbor's construction activity for hours without saying a word, to pull his gun out and shoot the tires off one of the cars parked outside.

The locals couldn't find his gun to prosecute him for weeks. He lived with his aunt or mother or something.

We don't have a gun law problem or have to do any back-checks on these mercenaries, now do we?

[Barack_America]

17. Re-hired?