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jmowreader

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6. Channeling Dr. Strangelove...

Reply to Tony_FLADEM (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 06:01 PM

Sep 2013

...right after George C. Scott told the president one of his bomb wing commanders went insane and sent his planes to nuke the Soviet Union...

"General Turgidson! When you instituted the Human Reliability Tests, you assured me a thing like this could never happen!"

'You can't condemn a whole program because of one little slipup.'

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Contractor Behind Snowden Vetting Did Washington Shooter Check [View all] Tony_FLADEM Sep 2013 OP

Hinky link. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #1

That speaks volumes !! nt Cryptoad Sep 2013 #4

And wouldn't you know it... seabeckind Sep 2013 #9

It appears to be owned by Providence Equity Partners. KamaAina Sep 2013 #20

Another one of those lucrative Federal contracts going to a RW anti-America group. kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #34

It is pretty clear that their bottom line is higher than their integrity. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2013 #2

All taxpayers need this - DURHAM D Sep 2013 #3

No, more like this jmowreader Sep 2013 #7

For a few certain blessed individuals ----its a Large Public Teat warrant46 Sep 2013 #18

"The Parallax View," starring Warren Beatty 1000words Sep 2013 #5

Channeling Dr. Strangelove... jmowreader Sep 2013 #6

Reason link is hinky is that it's missing http:// pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #8

Thanks! Tony_FLADEM Sep 2013 #10

From the article DURHAM D Sep 2013 #11

Somebody Needs To Review All The Security Checks That USIS..... global1 Sep 2013 #12

They have been caught "fabricating" clearances several times but DURHAM D Sep 2013 #13

I smell a liability suit Luschnig Sep 2013 #14

god, how many billions of our Federal funds did our Gov. pay that contractor 'corp.'? Sunlei Sep 2013 #15

$253M in 2012. DURHAM D Sep 2013 #21

Wow. Outsourcing for the win. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #16

Totally surprising, NOT! nt alp227 Sep 2013 #17

was there anything in snowden's background that would've precluded him from receiving his clearance? frylock Sep 2013 #19

Didnt they find he was an activist? Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #23

yes Botany Sep 2013 #24

Snowy shouldn't have had a job running Ethernet cables snooper2 Sep 2013 #37

This would not happen if they weren't using contractors ..... Botany Sep 2013 #22

Sorry, but a few things just don't add up. Clearance requirements for a SECRET clearance verses 24601 Sep 2013 #25

Wow...thanks for all that info. seabeckind Sep 2013 #26

How hard is it for one of the Cabinet Secretaries to call them up and fire them immediately.. Historic NY Sep 2013 #27

Well for one thing, who's going to pick up the slack? bluedigger Sep 2013 #28

Thats the problem hiring replacement private workers. Historic NY Sep 2013 #29

We've got a lot of people leaving the military in the next few years. MADem Sep 2013 #31

Oh, it's a fixable problem all right. bluedigger Sep 2013 #32

Hee hee....there's "immediately" and then there's federal government "immediately." MADem Sep 2013 #33

Most times seabeckind Sep 2013 #35

Heard this argument a lot seabeckind Sep 2013 #36

as long as dick cheney is somehowb making a buck arely staircase Sep 2013 #30