At 12:05 PM 09/27/2001 +0800, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
DIA doesn't do background checks - the Defense Investigative Service does that. And yes, I would talk to them, as they ONLY perform consensual background investigations; in the language of the trade, they are exclusively "doorbell-ringers."
A friend of mine was in the Air Force, and one of his buddies had put down as a reference on his security clearance application the job he'd had at the corner candy store growing up in the Bronx. The D.I.S. folks freaked because the candy store owner denied knowing him, he'd seen nothing, didn't know nothing, never hearda da guy. He had to have his father go back to the store owner and say, hey, it's ok, it's just my kid in the Air Force, they're not regular cops, and they really don't care about the numbers game in the back....