Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden

[Spoonman]

So help me understand this. democratic congressman tell us background checks are the solution to gun violence. but the firm they use for issues of national security can't even get it right. and i'm supposed to believe background checks are going to fix the homicide problem? i don't think so


Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden



Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden

By Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy Yard shooter, allowing him to obtain a "secret" clearance.

USIS, working as a contractor for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), conducted a background review of Aaron Alexis, identified by law enforcement authorities as the shooter who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard before he was shot dead.

"Today we were informed that in 2007, USIS conducted a background check of Aaron Alexis for OPM," USIS spokesman Ray Howell said in a statement.

 

[RoadVirus]

So help me understand this. democratic congressman tell us background checks are the solution to gun violence. but the firm they use for issues of national security can't even get it right. and i'm supposed to believe background checks are going to fix the homicide problem? i don't think so


Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden



Same firm checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden

By Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that scrutinized former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden for a U.S. government security clearance said on Thursday it also checked the background of the Navy Yard shooter, allowing him to obtain a "secret" clearance.

USIS, working as a contractor for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), conducted a background review of Aaron Alexis, identified by law enforcement authorities as the shooter who killed 12 people at the Navy Yard before he was shot dead.

"Today we were informed that in 2007, USIS conducted a background check of Aaron Alexis for OPM," USIS spokesman Ray Howell said in a statement.

Our retards in power figured "Oh sure, they screwed up once, but what are the odds they'd do it again?"

Those who fail to learn from history....

 

[waltky]

What to do with buildings where mass murders occur?...

Navy mulls redesign of DC building where 12 killed
October 5, 2013 ~ The names of the places are sadly familiar: Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine, and Nickel Mines, Penn. After mass shootings made each of those names synonymous with tragedy, officials demolished, closed or altered the buildings where the killings took place to soften painful associations, especially among survivors.

In the aftermath of last month's massacre of 12 people at Washington Navy Yard Building 197, officials now must determine the fate of that five-story, red brick building. Navy officials have given no indication they plan to tear down Building 197, which is now closed. In fact, they're moving toward renovating the 650,000-square-foot structure in southwest Washington. A $6.4 million repair-and-restoration contract awarded Monday to Englewood, Colo.-based CH2M Hill Constructors Inc., refers prominently to both the tragedy and the building's history.

"The repairs shall be done in a manner that changes the feel, finish, appearance and layout of the space, creating a different sense of place and mitigating the psychological and emotional impacts that the facility itself could have on returning occupants," the contract reads. The contractor also is expected to develop multiple design concepts, possibly including extensive changes to the building's entrances and exterior finishes.

An expert who helped with the disposition of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., says there's no easy answer - but community input is critical. "Fundamentally, the decision about Building 197 is not about the building, but about whether people are ready to move from trauma and despair to healing and hope," said Rich Harwood, a Bethesda, Md., consultant in community problem-solving. He was asked to design and lead the decision-making process after a gunman killed 26 people, 20 of them children, at Sandy Hook last December.

In a referendum Saturday, Newtown, Conn., citizens will decide whether to approve plans to demolish the school and build a new one on the same property. Newtown students are being bused this school year to a renovated former middle school in neighboring Monroe. Harwood said the new school's design would avoid having people drive past a firehouse where anxious parents rushed 10 months ago to learn if their children were safe. He said the plan offers a "fresh start" at a location with a history of education. Other mass shooting scenes have been torn down, remodeled or fenced off.

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