Same firm 'USIS' checked background of Navy Yard shooter, Snowden. Also, what's up with USCIS?

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.

He did not provide additional information. "We are contractually prohibited from retaining case information gathered as part of the background checks we conduct for OPM and therefore are unable to comment further on the nature or scope of this or any other background check," Howell said.

• VOLUME 1: GENERAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

  • PART A – CUSTOMER SERVICE

  • PART B – CASE PROCESSING

  • PART C – BIOMETRICS COLLECTION AND SECURITY CHECKS

  • PART D – ATTORNEYS AND REPRESENTATIVES

  • PART E – ADJUDICATIONS

  • PART F – MOTIONS AND APPEALS

  • PART G – NOTICE TO APPEAR

• VOLUME 2: NONIMMIGRANTS

  • PART A – NONIMMIGRANT POLICIES, GOALS, AND PROCEDURES

  • PART B – DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PERSONNEL (A AND G)

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  • PART D – SPECIALTY OCCUPATION WORKERS (H-1B AND E-3)

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  • PART F – TRAINEES (H-3)

  • PART G – INTRACOMPANY EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS (L)

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  • PART K – NONIMMIGRANTS INTENDING TO ADJUST STATUS (K AND V)

• VOLUME 3: PROTECTION & PAROLE

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  • PART B – VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING

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  • PART D – TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS AND DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE

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  • PART M – CRIMINAL OR TERRORIST INFORMANT-BASED APPLICANTS

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• VOLUME 8: ADMISSIBILITY

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  • PART B – HEALTH ISSUES AND MEDICAL EXAMINATION

  • PART C – CIVIL SURGEON DESIGNATION AND REVOCATION

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  • PART E – TERRORISM

  • PART F – NATIONAL SECURITY

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  • PART H – LABOR CERTIFICATION AND SELECT IMMIGRANT QUALIFICATIONS

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• VOLUME 9: WAIVERS

  • PART A – GENERAL WAIVER PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES

  • PART B – EXTREME HARDSHIP

  • PART C – MEDICAL GROUNDS

  • PART D – CRIMINAL GROUNDS

  • PART E – ALIENS SUBJECT TO CIVIL PENALTY

  • PART F – ALIEN SMUGGLING

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  • PART H – UNLAWFUL PRESENCE

  • PART I – HUMANITARIAN

  • PART J – NATIONAL INTEREST

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  • PART L – NONIMMIGRANT

  • PART M – OTHER PROVISIONS OVERCOMING INADMISSIBILITY

  • PART N – MOTIONS AND APPEALS

• VOLUME 10: CONSENT TO REAPPLY

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• VOLUME 11: TRAVEL, EMPLOYMENT, & IDENTITY DOCUMENTS

  • PART A – PERMANENT RESIDENT CARDS

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  • PART D – REENTRY PERMITS

  • PART E – ADVANCE PAROLE

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