Aaron Alexis

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, military personnel walks past an entrance to the Washington Navy Yard in Washington. Two years after the shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, families whose loved ones died are filing multimillion dollar lawsuits against companies they say could have prevented it from happening.  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

One decade after Navy Yard shooting, major changes made to ‘insider threat’ approach

The Navy Yard shooting was a “wake up call,” in the words of one expert, for the government’s security apparatus. Ten years later, ideas like continuous…

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ODNI issues social media guidance for background checks

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White House backs 13 recommendations to improve security clearance process

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DOJ joins whistleblower suit against company that vetted Snowden, Alexis

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Federal building security at risk due to lax training, oversight

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Four years after Ft. Hood, Pentagon still studying base security

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Senators seek probe into how Navy shooter got clearance

Key senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are seeking answers into how the contractor employee responsible for the mass…

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Obama, DoD order reviews of security procedures

In the wake of the shooting in which 12 civilian and contract employees were gunned down at the Washington Navy Yard Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel…

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Details emerge about Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis

A profile is emerging of Aaron Alexis, the man identified as the lone gunman in the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., that left 13 people dead Monday, including the shooter himself. Alexis was a former Navy reservist, a Defense Department contractor, a convert to Buddhism and a student of aeronautics. But he also had flashes of temper that led to run-ins with police in Fort Worth, Texas, and Seattle.

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