Firm That Vetted Snowden, Navy Yard Shooter Accused of Bilking Taxpayers Out of Millions of Dollars

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The contractor that vetted NSA leaker Edward Snowden and the Navy Yard shooter has cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars for unfinished background checks, the Washington Times reports, citing a Justice Department filing. In fact, investigators allege USIS received $11.7 million in performance awards from 2008 to 2010. But that work…

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Justice Department Describes Horrifying Abuses of Female Inmates at Alabama Prison

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When federal officials began investigating claims of sexual abuse at an Alabama prison for women, they never imagined what they’d find inside. ABC News reports that the environment was so obscene and toxic that the nearly 900 woman incarcerated at Tutwiler Prison “universally fear for their safety,” the Justice Department found. How bad…

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