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CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT CHRIS
LAWRENCE HAS BEEN DIGGING ON
THIS STORY.
CHRIS?
>> JAKE, TODAY'S CONGRESSIONAL
HEARING PRODUCED A STUNNING
ADMISSION ABOUT THIS COMPANY,
USIS BASED RIGHT HERE IN
VIRGINIA.
A GOVERNMENT WATCH DOG TOLD
SENATOR JOHN TESTER THIS
CONTRACTOR MAY NOT HAVE DONE A
THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ON EDWARD
SNOWDEN.
>> ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS THAT
MR. SNOWDEN'S INVESTIGATION BY
USIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CARRIED
OUT IN AN APPROPRIATE OR
THOROUGH MANNER?
>> YES, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THERE
MAY BE SOME PROBLEMS.
>> THE COMPANY IN QUESTION IS
NOW UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
FOR REPEATEDLY FAILING TO CON
TUKT QUALITY BACKGROUND CHECKS.
>> DO YOU BELIEVE YOU'RE
CATCHING MOST OF THE FRAUD, MR.
McFARLAND, OR DO YOU BELIEVE
THERE'S MORE?
>> I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE
CONSIDERABLY MORE.
>> ALARMING WHEN YOU CONSIDER AT
LEAST 18 EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN
CONVICTED OF FALSIFYING
BACKGROUND CHECKS.
IN ONE CASE A RECORD SEARCHER
FAKED 1600 CREDIT CHECKS THAT
SHE NEVER EVEN COMPLETED.
EVEN WORSE, THIS WOMAN'S OWN
BACKGROUND CHECK TO GET HER JOB
HAD BEEN FAKED BY ANOTHER
INVESTIGATOR, SOMEONE CONVICTED
IN A SEPARATE CASE.
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL CALLS
IT --
>> A CLEAR THREAT TO NATIONAL
SECURITY.
>> THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION
PROCESS IS BROKEN.
>> FORMER DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIAL JOHN HAMRY FILLED OUT A
STANDARD GOVERNMENT FORM TO
RENEW HIS TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.
WHAT SHOCKED HIM IS THE
INVESTIGATOR SPENT HOURS ASKING
THE MOST BASIC QUESTIONS.
>> IS YOUR WIFE REALLY JULIE?
DID YOU REALLY GO TO SCHOOL AT
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE?
DID YOU REALLY LIVE AT THIS
ADDRESS?
THEY SIMPLY READ THE FORM TO ME
AND I SIMPLY SAID IT WAS TRUE.
>> HE SAYS WITH THE PERSONAL
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE, A
COMPUTER COULD DO THE SAME
BACKGROUND CHECK FOR $100.
>> INSTEAD WE'RE SPENDING $4,000
TO HAVE PEOPLE CONDUCT RATHER --
CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS THAT
AREN'T REVEALING ANYTHING.
>> ONE OF THE REVELATIONS AT
TODAY'S HEARING IS THIS IS A
BILLION DOLLAR A YEAR PROGRAM
THAT'S NEVER BEEN AUDITED.
HAMRY SAYS ABOUT 90% OF THE WORK