The Future of Security Clearance Investigations?
A CBS News article looks at what is required if you want to apply for a job with the City of Bozeman, Montana. If you want the job you will need to hand over your usernames and passwords for “…any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or forums, to include, but
ROTC for Spies?
A June 20, 2009 article at WashingtonPost.com reported, The Obama administration has proposed the creation of an intelligence officer training program in colleges and universities that would function much like the Reserve Officers Training Corps run by the military services. Under the sponsorship of the Director of National Intelligence the
Personal Responsibility and Security Clearances
When you are security-cleared, everyday life events like vacations, new friends and neighbors, and personal relationships can have an impact on national security. Take a few minutes and watch our very own Emelyne Smith discuss the many seemingly common activities that are of concern to the U.S. government and those
Innocent Love?
An article in The Houston Chronicle detailed a two-year forbidden foreign love affair that got a Houston engineer six months in federal prison. The engineer wasn’t accused of spying, but was accused of and pleaded guilty to conspiring to make false statements. Gregory W. Blackard, 38, was sentenced for hiding