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...about his ability to be duplicitous?" An inquiry into Hanssen's sexually deviant appetites would surely have caused the suspension of his clearance and might have led to the discovery of his past treacheries, which a blue ribbon commission headed by former FBI and CIA director William Webster calls "possibly the worst intelligence disaster in U.S. history...
...deploy more aggressive background investigators, with experience in conducting probing interviews that elicit indications of psychological and integrity problems. In the past, background investigators, generally retired FBI agents working on contract, rarely went beyond the subject's hand-picked character references. This practice was sharply criticized by the Webster commission, which also faulted the background unit's checklist mentality and failure to analyze contradictory answers. Senser says the revamped security teams will develop their own sources and "look at the whole person - to try to get at what makes this person tick...
...blue-ribbon commission chaired by former FBI and CIA Director William Webster lists a stunning array of FBI security lapses that enabled agent turned spy Robert Hanssen to steal U.S. government secrets. What has escaped notice, however, is that the bureau's blunders didn't stop with Hanssen's arrest--and, according to the commission and Senate investigators, could compromise post-Sept. 11 counterterrorism investigations. At a hearing on Tuesday, Senate Judiciary chairman Patrick Leahy plans to grill top FBI officials about an Oct. 10, 2001, order lifting "need to know" restrictions on highly sensitive information about U.S. intelligence sources...
...system with their name and the words 'dead drop,' that's kind of a clue, huh?" Senser observes sardonically. In his spare time, Hanssen also surfed the FBI's computers for tidbits on Bill and Hilary Clinton, whose liberal politics raised his arch-conservative hackles. According to the Webster commission report, Hanssen ran more than 20 searches on the Clintons, even snooping on the Clinton's daughter, Chelsea. Hanssen even ran a search on his boss, FBI director Louis Freeh. "Had the FBI been aware of these searches, it seems likely that auditors would have found this activity peculiar...
...Webster commission is expected to recommend limiting highly sensitive files to those with a strong need-to-know - "role-based access," in FBI jargon. Mueller and Senser agree and have already reduced the number of FBI employees with access to any data bearing the above-Top-Secret classification of SCI (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information...