U.S. Senate Investigates USAID Security Clearance Suspension Practices

Originally published at: U.S. Senate Investigates USAID Security Clearance Suspension Practices | ClearanceJobs Blog

Senator Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee of the Judiciary, initiated an investigation into the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and their more than eight hundred percent rise in security clearance suspensions over the past four years which seems directly tied to political partisanship and influence. The investigation stemmed from the clearance suspension…