Booz Allen hires former FBI director to conduct security review |
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Booz Allen Hamilton said Thursday that it has hired Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, to conduct a review of the firm’s security processes after one of its employees was charged with stealing huge amounts of classified data from the National Security Agency.
In the statement, Veith said the company is confident that Mueller “will conduct a fair, objective, and thorough review .
“We take the trust clients place in us seriously and are proud to support our country’s important national security missions,” Craig Veith, Booz Allen’s vice president for external relations, said in a statement.
McLean-based Booz Allen said that it fired Martin as soon as it learned that he was arrested and that the company has been fully cooperating with the FBI.
Martin’s arrest follows the leaks of Edward Snowden, who also worked for Booz Allen while on contract to the NSA and walked away with troves of sensitive information. |
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Booz Allen Hamilton settles lawsuit with former high-ranking female executive |
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2013-10-18 00:00:00 |
Booz Allen denied that discrimination played a role in her dismissal, saying top executives are expected to perform.
In her suit, Finn said Booz Allen “intentionally and completely excludes women” from the company’s highest levels.
the risk is higher,” Marie Lerch, a Booz Allen spokeswoman, said in an earlier interview.
McLean-based contracting giant Booz Allen Hamilton said it has settled a lawsuit with a former high-ranking female employee who alleged that she was discriminated against based on her sex and her family responsibilities.
Still ongoing is a lawsuit filed by former Booz Allen partner Margo Fitzpatrick, who worked for the contractor from 1999 until she was let go in 2010. |
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At Booz Allen, a Vast U.S. Spy Operation, Run for Private Profit |
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2016-10-07 00:00:00 |
Booz Allen is one of a handful of defense and intelligence contractors that blur the line between the government’s intelligence work and private enterprise.
Overseas, Booz Allen has helped the United Arab Emirates build its own high-tech spy agency.
Booz Allen, a consulting firm that earns billions of dollars by working for American intelligence agencies, has been called the world’s most profitable spy organization.
Booz Allen, founded in 1914, has done especially well at building its government business.
Booz Allen weathered the Snowden leaks, and it was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Air Force. |
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Another NSA Breach Hits Booz Allen. Will Anything Change? |
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2016-10-07 00:00:00 |
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. is once again at the center of a major U.S. intelligence breach.
As it did at the time of the Snowden breach, Booz Allen said it fired Martin and ‘immediately reached out to the authorities to offer our total cooperation in their investigation.” A government review cleared Booz Allen of any wrongdoing with regard to Snowden.
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, is a former Booz Allen executive.
The company’s senior executive adviser, Mike McConnell, was President George W. Bush’s director of national intelligence and, before that, director of the NSA.
While Booz Allen received many unflattering mentions in news coverage of Snowden’s massive document leak, scrutiny by the government and Congress quickly focused on the vendor that performed his background check. |
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NSA leak: Booz Allen shares drop on arrest of contractor Harold Martin |
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2016-10-05 00:00:00 |
"Martin worked at Booz Allen as a contractor to the NSA, a law enforcement source told CNN.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 5, 2016On Twitter, even Snowden made the connection between himself and Martin.
But he suggested that just because they both worked at Booz Allen doesn't mean the circumstances are the same.
Booz Allen said it fired Martin as soon as it learned of his arrest.
Consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton finds itself at the heart of another National Security Agency leak, just three years after the Edward Snowden affair. |
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Booz Allen Faces More Fallout After NSA Contractor’s Arrest |
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ENLARGE The Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. office building is seen in McLean, Va. Photo: ReutersWith new charges that one of its contractors mishandled government secrets, Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. BAH 0.17 % is facing its second major personnel scandal in three years.
But even after Mr. Snowden fled the U.S. with details of secret programs, the NSA and other federal agencies remained reliant on Booz Allen and other contractors to participate in secretive programs.
In 2013, Mr. Snowden, also an NSA contractor, leaked details of secretive government programs, triggering a global backlash and an overhaul of U.S. surveillance programs.
Booz Allen tried Wednesday to limit the fallout from Mr. Martin’s alleged breach, saying it had fired an employee arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was cooperating with investigators.
The company also didn’t face any litigation or lose any business after Mr. Snowden, said Cai von Rumohr, an analyst at Cowen & Co.—Lauren Webercontributed to this article. |
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Booz Allen Reviewing Security After Arrest of NSA Contractor |
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2016-10-27 23:17:32 |
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller is leading the audit of security, personnel and management practices, Booz Allen said in a statement.
“We fired Harold Martin as soon as we learned of his arrest, and we have been fully cooperating with the F.B.I.’s investigation,” Booz Allen spokesman Craig Veith said.
The FBI is investigating possible links between Martin and the leak online this summer of secret N.S.A.
Booz Allen, which earns billions of dollars a year contracting with U.S. intelligence agencies, has come under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks after authorities took Harold Thomas Martin into custody.
Martin, 51, was taken into custody in August, but his arrest was not announced publicly until earlier this month. |
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Booz Allen reviewing security after arrest of NSA contractor |
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2016-10-27 23:20:01+00 |
The Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp office building is seen in McLean, Virginia, U.S. June 11, 2013.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller is leading the audit of security, personnel and management practices, Booz Allen said in a statement.
“We fired Harold Martin as soon as we learned of his arrest, and we have been fully cooperating with the FBI’s investigation," Booz Allen spokesman Craig Veith said.
Booz Allen, which earns billions of dollars a year contracting with U.S. intelligence agencies, has come under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks after authorities took Harold Thomas Martin into custody.
Martin, 51, was taken into custody in August, but his arrest was not announced publicly until earlier this month. |
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Booz Allen reviewing security after arrest of NSA contractor |
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2016-10-27 23:20:01+00 |
The Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp office building is seen in McLean, Virginia, U.S. June 11, 2013.
Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller is leading the audit of security, personnel and management practices, Booz Allen said in a statement.
“We fired Harold Martin as soon as we learned of his arrest, and we have been fully cooperating with the FBI’s investigation," Booz Allen spokesman Craig Veith said.
Booz Allen, which earns billions of dollars a year contracting with U.S. intelligence agencies, has come under renewed scrutiny in recent weeks after authorities took Harold Thomas Martin into custody.
Martin, 51, was taken into custody in August, but his arrest was not announced publicly until earlier this month. |
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