[GIdget2004]

For what it’s worth, so did the shooter’s employer, The Experts.

“Hoshko said he and other contracting firms rely on the military to approve the security clearances of their employees, and fears that budget crunches have led to faster and less thorough checks.

“’None of this was made aware to us or to the company,’ he said. ‘If there’s not full disclosure on this, how do they expect us to make good decisions about who to trust and hire.’”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog-live/liveblog/shooting-at-washington-navy-yard/?hpid=z2

[justlurking]

He also wrote:

“If I can find this out just by doing a Google search, that is sad,” Hoshko said. “Anything that suggest criminal problems or mental health issues, that would be a flag. We would not have hired him.”

Why didn't you do that Google search before you hired him?

[CaptainK]

His security clearance was never taken away despite all his run ins with the law over the years, so sequestration had nothing to do with it.