New Security Procedures to be Enacted for Military Bases
The Defense Department will implement a new screening system that will subject people to FBI background checks every time they enter a military base.
The new system will mark a first for the Defense Department, which previously screened people – currently enlisted troops, veterans, relatives, and others – against its own database only. Beginning this Friday, August 8, identification cards handed out by the department will be automatically linked to the FBI’s criminal database, and any time a background check brings up violations lie arrests or felonies, the individual in question will be taken aside and questioned.