[patro]

They ran a background check on me. They even ran my MVR to make sure I wasn’t a risky driver. Background checks don’t mean a damned thing, anyway. Look at Bradley Manning. He had to go through a background check to handle intel and he still became a perpetrator.

[TangibleDisgust]

so i guess i had misremembered last year's controversy about Uber and background checks. i guess the problem is that they are not very thorough and easy to get around for those of the criminal persuasion. it still wouldn't give me any confidence to get into one of "their" vehicles.

http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-driver-heres-how-we-get-around-background-checks-1596982249

[tbw2]

Bradley Manning stayed because being homosexual and now transgendered isn’t a basis for failing a security clearance any more.