Were they vetted?
Did they get background checks?
Did they qualify for a security clearance?
The answer is yes. But the obvious shaky results were apparently glossed over, mostly by the GW Bush Administration.
This spy gang had to have been protected by the highest levels in Congress and the White House.
Three Pakistanis and the wives of two of them, along with another of their associates, all ended up on the Congressional payroll. And an Iraqi politician loaned them money.