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Magnitude. >> reporter: his friends in texas described him as a loner who liked buddhist culturement he began work at the navy yard as a part of a new contract about ten days ago. he was working for the experts who hired him as an i.t. specialist. quote during which time we enlisted a service to perform two background checks and confirmed twice through the department of defense his secret government clearance. the last one was in june. all it revealed was a traffic violation. raising questions a...

Post related questions everyday while the house remains in session. >> even less known is about the cia annex. what was the annex, when was it established and how many people workework at the annex? how many were direct agencies to employees and how many were contractors? what was the ratio of cia staff to security contractors? why was the facility operated in the benghazi? >> recently confirmed with one vote, looking for more information on the bureaus investigation into the benghazi attacks. a...

In cincinnati going rogue. and its not honest reporters and their parents being targeted for just doing their job. and its not 20 somethings security contractors leaking government documents. the problem is government grown so big that it intrudes into every aspect of our lives. its grown so arrogant that it thinks that we work for it instead of it working for us. [ applause ] >> speak of working for someone, governor palin is returning to fox news channel as a contributor and you can catch her ...

Accusations of prostitutes, drug deals and sexual abuse near u.s. embassy, if thats not enough. the state department under hillary clinton is accused of covering it all up. these accusations obtained in a memo by the inspector general and given to cnn by a whistleblower. a u.s. ambassador solicited sexual favors from prostitutes and minor children. a member of hillary clinton -- in beirut and in baghdad an underground drug ring supplied drugs to security contractors. the memo claims each investi...

We found out its not someone quite senior in terms of how long theyve been in the intelligence community or how senior they were, but someone with a lot of access and also someone that worked for a private firm. how common is it to have people at private companies with this kind of access? >> well, i think some of what hes saying might be overstated, but he was basically in an outstation in hawaii, and they tend to have less security in an outstation than they would at ft. meade. so there is a s...

Underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector generals office so far says it doesnt comment on draft reports. the state department today said we take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly. the departments spokesperson saying the notion we would not vigorously pursue criminal misconduct in a case, any case, is preposterous. ambassadors would be no exception. state department says all ...

That a state department security official in beirut engaged in sexual assaults with foreign nationals hired as embassy guards." engaged in sexual assaults is weird language. i know. thats in quotes from this supposed report. there was another reported investigation into an alleged underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector generals office so far says it doesnt comment on draft reports. the state departmen...

Would have in an i.t. office. >> thats fascinating. in terms of security contractors, and weve seen statistics saying that, you know, as many as 70% of the positions inside the world of those who have top secret clearances are actually private firms. should americans be -- is this one point of the debate that these revelations should spark us in about the nature of the intelligence system right now that is so heavily privatized? >> well, it is an issue, because theres an awful lot of work thats ...

Was behind this. i read some folks speculating last week when these documents were being leaked thinking this has to be someone high up, pretty senior. we found out its not someone quite senior in terms of how long theyve been in the intelligence community or how senior they were, but someone with a lot of access and also someone that worked for a private firm. how common is it to have people at private companies with this kind of access? >> well, i think some of what hes saying might be oversta...

Nationals hired as embassy guards." engaged in sexual assaults is weird language. i know. thats in quotes from this supposed report. there was another reported investigation into an alleged underground drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in baghdad supplying state department security contractors with drugs. inspector swre eor generals of far says it doesnt comment on draft reports. the state department today said we take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly. the d...