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By Rebecca LaFlure, Center for Public Integrity 

Headquarters for U.S. Investigations Services Inc., or USIS, in Falls Church, Virginia. Photo:  Sarah Whitmire/Center for Public Integrity

Headquarters for U.S. Investigations Services Inc., or USIS, in Falls Church, Virginia. Photo: Sarah Whitmire/Center for Public Integrity

Efforts by the government to fix a notable problem sometimes create a new mess that turns out to be as insidious and troublesome as the first, or even worse.

This is what happened when Washington attempted to improve the way its security agencies vetted hundreds of thousands of workers needed suddenly after the 9/11 attacks to pursue counterterror tasks and oversee heightened secrecy requirements.

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