LOL! Snowden's background check? Outsourced! Company that did it now under investigation.

[DevonRex]

19. But it looks like they only did the last one. We need the FIRST one.

With CIA. They don't outsource. That is where the problem is. Who did it or who changed it? Who hired him?

BECAUSE without CIA hiring him he NEVER would have worked for contractors who work with NSA. NEVER. They hired him because he had a clearance already. I was in SIGINT so i know how to find this stuff really easily. I'll show you a job listing so you understand:
Russian
Experience with NUCLEON and/or ONEROOF and related SIGINT language tools and repositories is highly desirable.
"Senior Language Analyst
Location: Fort Meade, MD
Clearance Level: TS/SCI - w/Polygraph
Schedule: Full-Time
Sector: Mission Services
Responsibilities
The Senior Language Analyst shall have, at minimum, ten (10) years of SIGINT experience as well as transcription, translation, interpreting, and other language-related experience. Personnel in this category shall, at a minimum, have extensive experience in language, literature, linguistics, related humanistic fields, and have accumulated seven (7) years cryptologic experience. Senior Language Analyst shall have an excellent command of the foreign language and the specific knowledge, talent and skill necessary to function independently. Individual must perform as final Quality Control level for some voice graphic tasks.
Requirements
To be considered for this position, you must be a US citizen and be able to meet the full eligibility requirements for access to classified information in an intelligence community setting.
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Russian
Experience with NUCLEON and/or ONEROOF and related SIGINT language tools and repositories is highly desirable."