There was more trouble when the Observer made more widely known that certain members of staff were subject to security vetting.
Instead, as part of a wide-ranging SARs review, Soca looks set to establish a committee of private-sector executives who undergo the same security vetting as Soca staff.
The two also convened a committee of U.S. counterspies, which informed the National Security Council in mid-1997 that the labs needed tighter security and stricter vetting of foreign visitors.
Talks focused on four broad areas -- sharing information between countries, passenger vetting, security technology and creating international aviation security standards, she said.
The Department of Homeland Security was chosen to take the lead in vetting the deal, because it was in charge of port security.
U.S. officials attribute the drop in incidents to measures like better vetting of Afghan security forces, and devoting more resources to counterintelligence watching the ranks for discontent.
O'HARA: People who were involved in the vetting process say the National Security Council objected to language in one of the early drafts because it portrayed China as a threat.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman said Tuesday that in light of the increase in insider attacks, measures have been taken to increase security in Afghanistan including better vetting and screening of recruits and bolstering counterterrorism efforts.
Fears that the terrorists utilized insiders and took steps to blow up the plant will likely force oil companies to reassess their security measures, particularly when it comes to vetting contractors.
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Although the vetting enquiry concluded that "there would be a risk to security were Roland Penrose to obtain an appointment affording him an opportunity for subversive activity, " the couple did go to France.
The U.S. military has tried to take action to prevent attacks by Afghan forces, appointing monitors to provide security for troops working with Afghans, boosting its counterintelligence infrastructure in Afghanistan, adopting an eight-step vetting process for Afghan recruits and revising the training they receive.
Political operatives in this administration are known to meddle in national security issues for pure political gain, and some say that key decisionmaking is of late more prone to political vetting.
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