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Supreme Court Says NASA Contractors Have Diminished Privacy Rights

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The Supreme Court held that NASA's background questions posed to contractors performing unclassified work for NASA did not violate the contractors' privacy interests.
 

NASA contractors who resisted government background checks over privacy concerns had their case heard before the United States Supreme Court in January 2011.  The contractors claimed that because their work does not require security clearances and because it is not classified and not sensitive that they should not be required to undergo invasive background checks.  The background checks often include the government questioning family and friends, reviewing decades of th

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