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...response to the arraignment of a Harvard custodian for two counts of indecent assault, Harvard’s security and custodial contractors will soon have to perform criminal background checks on their workers...
Touborg said that the issue of mandatory background checks for contractors was raised in February after Ramos’s arrest. Harvard already does criminal checks on all in-house employees...
...been hypocritical. Back in August 2002, when he still worked for Bush, Clarke said on the record in a TIME story that the Bush Administration's al-Qaeda policy review had moved "as fast as could be expected." He then gave the much publicized briefing to reporters on background, insisting the White House had "vigorously" pursued the Clinton Administration's policy on al-Qaeda. He said no new "plan" or "strategy" to take action against al-Qaeda had been developed under Clinton. In his book, Clarke says the opposite. He describes this plan in detail and castigates the Bush Administration...
...alleged connection with the bombings. Morocco last week was again looking for links between Zougam and the Casablanca attacks. He had been in Morocco in advance of the strike and returned to Spain just three weeks before it occurred. But so far, says an official, "the only connection involves background and ideology...
...implemented. This board is clearly qualified for its role." An airline-safety official disagrees: "The NTSB system is designed for the five board members to provide oversight and balance to a staff of investigators and engineers, but this board does not have the appropriate knowledge or background to provide such a balance." A White House official responds, saying, "The President appoints well-qualified individuals who have the expertise to get the job done well." --By Sally B. Donnelly