On 16/12/2007, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
First off, her past history. This is the stuff that a background check would have picked up - one doesn't seem to have been done. Fair dos, criticise them for that, you can consider it unfortunate or unforgivable according to taste. But if you don't do it, you don't pick up anything, however odd it may be...
(I am assuming she didn't tell them. I would be quite bemused if she had and they employed her regardless)
A further complication is her initial employment by the agency. Understable that the foundation might have expected them to pick up any issues.
- An incident where she was stopped by immigration sometime in June
Details entirely unclear; maybe they knew about it, maybe they didn't. Even if they did, there's no reason they would know the *content* of the interview.
Indeed post 9/11 security etc etc.