Probe of Contractor Vetting Snowden Sees Falsified Data

By Kathleen Miller & Chris Strohm - Jun 29, 2013 12:00 AM ET

U.S. investigators have uncovered evidence the federal contractor that did a background check on Edward Snowden falsified its work dating to 2008, according to two people familiar with the situation.

The company, USIS, told the government it had completed primary and secondary background investigations between 2008 and 2011 when evidence suggests otherwise, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak about the investigation ...

Senator Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, said during the hearing that the company is under criminal investigation and the inspector general’s probe is tied to “systemic failure to adequately conduct investigations.”

USIS is the government’s top provider of federal background check investigations, handling about 45 percent of the reviews that the Office of Personnel Management hires contractors to perform. The company is part of Falls Church, Virginia-based Altegrity Inc., owned by Providence Equity Partners LLC ...

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