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US Accuses Firm That Vetted Edward Snowden of 'Flushing Background Checks'By Jerin MathewJanuary 23, 2014 11:42 GMTEdward Snowden leaked top secret NSA documentsThe US Department of Justice has accused United States Investigations Services, the firm that vetted whistleblower Edward Snowden, of defrauding the government out of millions of dollars.USIS conducted background checks that were below agreed standards, according to court filings.The department said in a filing that USIS defrauded the country of millions of dollars by filing more than 660,Nike Air Max 90 Grey Black UK,000 flawed background investigations over a four-year period. The number represents about 40% of the total cases processed by the firm during the period.The complaint added that USIS used its influence in federal government to conceal its practice of "flushing background checks".The department's complaint was to join a whistleblowers' lawsuit, dating back to July 2011, against USIS under way in US District Court in Alabama. The 2011 lawsuit under the False Claims Act,Nike Air Max 2014 UK, which lets people to collect rewards for revealing fraud against the government, accuses the company of failing to perform quality control reviews during background investigations."USIS management devised and executed a scheme to deliberately circumvent contractually required quality reviews of completed background investigations in order to increase the company's revenues and profits," the department said in its filing.It added that the firm made use of a software known as Blue Zone to substantially increase the number of background investigations "that could be dumped in a shorter time period."Depending on the type of investigation, USIS received payments from the government in the range of $95 (??57.5, ?70) to $2,500. The Justice Department seeks to recover the damages through the lawsuit.Snowden SagaSnowden, former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA),  received international attention after he leaked top secret documents about the agency's surveillance programmes.RelatedObama to End NSA Collection of Phone DataNSA Accused of Collecting 200 Million Text Messages Per DayDefence Firm Altegrity That Vetted Snowden Faces $1.8bn DebtThe Obama administration faced severe criticism across the globe as the documents revealed that the NSA tapped telephone conversations and spied on the internet activities of prominent people,Nike Air Max 90 EM UK, including German chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.Snowden is currently in exile in Russia.USIS that become the focus of the scrutiny of US congress last year due to its connection with Snowden also vetted Aaron Alexis, the technology contractor who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard in September 2013.USIS is facing a number of federal investigations and lawsuits over its handling of security background checks for the US government.  <div
US and South Korea Reach ??500m Military AgreementJanuary 12, 2014 10:25 GMTSouth Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-jin (R) points out a location in North Korea to US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), South Korea,Nike Air Max 2013 Womens Pink Silver Black, 30 September 2013ReutersThe United States and South Korea have agreed to share the cost of the American military presence in the country.The countries have agreed that South Korea will contribute 920 billion won (??526.1 million) towards the cost of the 28,500 US troops in South Korea ?C up 5.8% from the figure agreed in 2012.The Special Measure Agreement (SMA) sets out the terms for the cost-sharing support, also known as a burden sharing, over the next five years.The allies launched talks early last year to renew the SMA, which was first agreed in 1991 and rewritten in 2008, and which expired at the end of last year.The deal, which still needs to be ratified by the South Korean parliament, comes after Washington decided to send more soldiers and tanks to South Korea next month. It is seen as part of a US effort to rebalance its military presence in Asia after more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Experts predict the increase in South Korea's contribution could be contentious when the SMA is debated.A statement from South Korea's foreign ministry said: "The US side had demanded a large-scale hike, considering