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Bill Evanina, Office of the Director of National Intelligence

The federal government is supposed to thoroughly check on security clearance holders every few years. But there are about five million people who hold clearance...

Federal News Network Staff

October 27, 2014 8:37 am

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The federal government is supposed to thoroughly check on security clearance holders every few years. But there are about five million people who hold clearances. Knowing the system is inadequate to catch people who might steal state secrets or turn violent, the government is moving towards a system in which it continuously evaluates clearance holders. One method is by looking up the person on the Internet. Bill Evanina is the national counterintelligence executive. He tells Emily Kopp how his office is experimenting with using social media to vet clearance holders.

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