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struggle4progress

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Fri Jun 28, 2013, 03:24 AM Jun 2013

A tale of security lapses and other US errors

Jun 28, 2013, 11.15 AM IST

... Hiring screeners at Booz Allen Hamilton also found possible discrepancies in a resume submitted by Snowden, a source with detailed knowledge of the matter said last week. But a company spokesman told Reuters on Wednesday: "Booz Allen conducted its background screening on Edward Snowden before his employment with us, our questions were answered, and the action was completed to our satisfaction" ...

General Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, has acknowledged he does not know why his agency failed to prevent Snowden from leaving Hawaii with a trove of secrets ...

The US State Department did not revoke Snowden's US passport until June 22, more than a week after the United States filed sealed criminal charges against Snowden on June 14 and a week after it requested that Hong Kong authorities arrest him ...


http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/world-news/snowden-a-talesecurity-lapsesother-us-errors_907371.html

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