Security Clearance

The panel recommends that the Defense Department replace the underlying premise behind installation and personnel security.

Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) released this statement after the Office of Management and Budget released its review of the...

The facility that processes background investigations for security clearances now costs more than $1 billion annually.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill pledged to continue her push to strengthen security clearance background checks.

Here are a few examples of security clearance applicants who didn't quite make it, who did and the reasons why.

CID agents are sworn federal officers, responsible for investigating felony-level crime where there is an Army nexus.

The head of the agency's Criminal Investigations Division speaks about the evolution of USSS global cybercrime fighting...

A new study has determined that computers may be able to deliver and analyze polygraph tests as well as any human.

Holding a security clearance means being responsible not just for yourself, but for your country.

Policymakers are scrambling to reform security clearance checks in light of Edward Snowden and Aaron Alexis.