A “Potential Insider Threat” Worked At The Treasury Department In 2016, The Government's Investigation Now Confirms
by BuzzFeed News that found that a former analyst, who was accused by whistleblowers of accessing sensitive financial data in 2016, did not have a proper security clearance and was considered a “potential insider threat.”
One coworker became particularly alarmed when the man showed up outside his apartment building in Washington, DC, and asked detailed questions about internal Treasury investigations. “I have never had a security clearance denied, suspended, revoked, or been informed that I pose a ‘security threat,’” he wrote in an email. “Your contention of my visit to a coworker's apartment building is completely false.”
According to four FinCEN sources, the man’s uncleared access to sensitive information was considered such a major national security breach that FinCEN as a whole was temporarily stripped of its authority to grant security clearances to anyone. The man joined FinCEN as a “presidential management fellow” via a program that places graduate students into positions across the US government.
The man was hired last year by Google to work in global security, a company spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson, Gina Scigliano, said Google “conducts a thorough background check” before employment decisions. The man’s LinkedIn profile reveals that he has since left the company.about the disarray inside America’s financial intelligence system.
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