One of the more “ignored” scandals, at least to my mind, has been that the government has been outsourcing security clearances, and their contractors are, by current evidence, not doing their jobs.

You have someone who has serially lied about his education and skills (Snowden), and someone who has a record of being mentally ill with discipline problems (Alexis) being given security clearances after “background checks” by a contractor. It’s rather noteworthy that those issues were found within hours by … journalists.