The others were clearly a miss take. Mistake. Congratulations. Thank you for doing double duty here in the last six months in taking this on. To our colleagues who were good enough to find a way supporting a confirmed director, i thank you for your support. As the acting director, miss kaplan oversees the office of federal investigative services. The office responsible for ensuring that the federal government has a work force that is worthy of public trust by investigating and reviewing applications for security clearances. And by performing background checks to determine whether a person is suitable for employment by the federal government or federal contractor. Acting director kaplan, thank you for your testimony, for your leadership and good luck in what lies ahead. Letti, brianess is preoletti a special Security Director at the office of director of National Intelligence. Hes held this position since may of 2013 after serving at the Central Intelligence agency from 1981 to 2013. As
Not be letting when we give them the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, which is what this security clearance is, that ought to mean something. And if they breach it, that ought for something that we consider very serious with very serious consequences. And so i applaud your work. I would like to know how many have actually been discharged or disciplined for either lying on applications. Obviously they wouldnt get the clearance. But not reporting after the fact. Mr. Chairman, again, thank you for the time. Thanks. Those were tough questions. Senator mccaskill. I think one of the most revealing things this morning is the realization that while an arrest report may be part of a background check, there is not a requirement that the underlying Police Report be obtained. And i tell you why this is a shocking revelation. Like senator ayotte, im a former prosecutor, and the vast majority of cases that would review a mental disturbance will not have a disposition. The criminal Justice System
Valuation of his access reevaluation to his access of classified material, classified facilities, none of those. And i think this is i mean, every issue raised here today is important, but if we cant get to this, the interim period between a clearance and, again, whether its a five or 10year cycle, i think well continue to have these tragic instances. In 2005, interesting, a year before ricky elder enlisted in the army, two years before aaron alexis enlisted in the navy, the department of defense testified to this committee, and this was in june of 2005, about the automated continuous Evaluation System. And you all said you are going continuously evaluate the background. Mr. Prioletti, in your written statement, you noted three years earlier in 2008 three years later, from the 2005 testimony you gave before his committee, president bush said individual is eligible for shall be subject to continuous evaluation. That was an executive order back in 2008. I know we heard today, were workin