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" Booz Allen should be forbidden from working contracts which require clearance for 10 years." That would most likely kill Booz Allen. Between this and Snowde
by MrZongle2 10y ago
" Booz Allen should be forbidden from working contracts which require clearance for 10 years."
That would most likely kill Booz Allen.
Between this and Snowden, I'd hate to be a cleared employee there (again); in addition to the increased/remedial training I'm sure has been put on their plates, they're probably getting panicky emails and warnings from principals and partners about the importance of their position.
It's probably like the TPS report memo scene from "Office Space".
But firings two levels up? Doubtful. The wagons would be circled and enough CYA emails sent to prevent that.
- JackFr 10y agoI agree with you on all points about the impossibility of my recommendations. But I still believe it's an organizational failure at the highest levels - this guy is the symptom not the disease.
- MrZongle2 10y agoIt's certainly a possibility, though I wonder how Booz Allen management could have recognized a potential problem. It's entirely possible that Martin was simply embedded with the NSA and Booz Allen management only saw him every couple of weeks as a "pulse check". If the client (NSA) had no complaints, then Martin could have been considered a "model" employee. And even if his fellow employees knew he was a hoarder...would that have really been cause for suspicion? Additionally, in fairness to Booz Allen, in the article it states: "Martin was employed as a private contractor by at least seven different companies, working for several government agencies beginning in 1993 after serving in the U.S. Navy for four years, according to the indictment." So if we're going to hang Booz Allen management out to dry, there might be a few other companies deserving of it as well.