Following news reports that a senior official at the Homeland Security Department appears to have obtained her academic degrees from an unaccredited diploma mill, several members of Congress are seeking to learn how background checks and security clearances failed to flag the questionable credentials. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Democratic Caucus' Homeland Security task force, sent a letter June 4 to HSD secretary Tom Ridge asking for a full investigation.
"What is troubling to me is that a senior official in the Department of Homeland Security in the office of the CIO would have a questionable degree in computer information systems from a university that has been denied accreditation by the U.S. Department of Education," Maloney's letter read. "If this press report is true, how could one of the highest senior officials in your Department make it through a background check while allegedly misleading the Department about her educational background?"
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