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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 19 Sep 2013

    Breaking: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter.http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

    3:16 PM - 19 Sep 2013
    • 188 Retweets
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    • Джохар Don Fickles SuperFacts_IOD Brian_Henderson Andria Krewson awilford Fletch Fowler, PhD Raditya Purnama Jati joe bottari
    37 replies 188 retweets 19 likes
      1. Reid Pearson‏ @Reidpearson 19 Sep 2013
        Replying to @WSJ

        Rough day RT @WSJ: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

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      1. Stephanie Duce‏ @StephDuce 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ I don't think comparing the two is the same - one let the public know what the govt. was hiding from them and the other was a killer.

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      1. Political Cow‏ @PoliticalCow 28 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ don't know why that is a surprise, as you usually use a single supplier for stuff like this.

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      1. Mark Albert‏Verified account @malbertnews 20 Sep 2013
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        Company that vetted former #NSA contractor #Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter, @WSJ rpts: http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

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      1. Douglas G. Thomas‏ @douginrrnm 20 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ Do we need any more proof that a new contractor is needed, ASAP? But the Navy officials who were told by police of problems failed also

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      1. Kid Brightwillow‏ @KidBrightwillow 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ Incompetence of government is amazing.

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      1. Richard Mills‏ @RicoBM 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ contract terminated?

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      1. Sagar Sriramagiri‏ @sagarch 19 Sep 2013
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        IPO soon? RT@WSJ:Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

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      1. Toon Moene‏ @ToonMoene 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ @theonlyadult Qui custodiet ipsos custodes ?

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      1. Brian George‏ @bhgeorge 19 Sep 2013
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        “@WSJ: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF ” Wow!

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      1. Gen Ferro‏ @jorgenseptember 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ @Shirleystopirs WOW. WONDER OF THERE PN THE N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE. THIS IS PURE LUNACYOF THE MOST GRIEVOUS KIND.

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      1. Sue Curran‏ @scurran60 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ That's not sayin much, is it?

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      1. B Cassell‏ @alljoy 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ Investigations must be taken out of the hands of contractors ..And revamp reporting. We Need #GunRegulations #SecurityIssue

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      1. Marie‏ @mariebuteau35 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ @theonlyadult @mariebuteau35 Is that a surprise? My background check took months and went back generations. That was then, this is now

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      1. Gunn  🇺🇸 🇬🇧‏ @johngunn2011 19 Sep 2013
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        @WSJ @BobG231 really? they should be run out of business, and perhaps.. sued

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      1. Andrea‏ @dreaweindc 19 Sep 2013
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        They have a few holes in their system: @WSJ:Company that vetted NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter.

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      1. Jennifer King‏ @jennelane 19 Sep 2013
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        Boom "@WSJ: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF ”

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      1. buki.‏ @BukiWilliams 19 Sep 2013
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        RT @WSJ: Breaking: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

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      1. Betsy Rodger‏ @b_rodger 19 Sep 2013
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        OOPSIES! @WSJ: Company that vetted former NSA contractor Snowden performed background check of Navy Yard shooter. http://on.wsj.com/1etetNF 

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