Snowden and Alexis: Just what is it with these lousy post-9/11 defense contractors?

Edward Snowden. Aaron Alexis. Two young defense contractors. Both
vetted by USIS. Both did terrible damage to the U.S. government.

I suspect the problem is the government
panic after 9/11. Standards were thrown out the window, along with
accountability. For a decade it was raining money around the Beltway, as long
as you were able to deliver warm bodies with the right credentials. And now, in
various unhappy ways, we are seeing the consequences.