- The Analysis Corporation
The Analysis Corporation (TAC) is a provider of contracting services for several branches of the
federal government of the United States . Based inMclean, Virginia , it is a wholly owned subsidiary ofSFA, Inc. TAC's key practice areas include intelligence and law enforcement support for terrorist screening, watch-list development and operations; intelligence analysis; innovative systems integration and software development; multi-lingual name search and pattern matching. It has been awarded some $75m in government contracts since 2000, including some $30.6m in 2007 and $19.5m in 2008. [http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?company_name=the+analysis+corporation&sortby=r&detail=0&datype=T&reptype=r&database=fpds&fiscal_year=&submit=GO] Customers include the Department of State and the
FBI .Since 2005 its CEO has been
John O. Brennan , former head of theNational Counterterrorism Center and a 25-year veteran of theCIA . [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2005/10/31/daily38.html Former counterror chief to lead SFA subsidiary] ]In early 2008 TAC found itself at the midst of a scandal when a State Department spokesman revealed that a TAC contractor gained unauthorized access on March 14 to the passport records for
Barack Obama andJohn McCain . [ [http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/03/21/794799.aspx Passport scandal leads to Virginia contractors] ] The TAC employee, who has not been named, is the only individual to have accessed both Mr. Obama's and Mr. McCain's passport information without proper authorization, a State Department spokesman said. The employee's actions triggered an electronic alarm system, according to sources familiar with the probe. [ [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/22/passports-probe-focuses-on-worker/ Passport probe focuses on worker] ] TAC strongly disavowed the employee's actions in a subseqeuent press release. [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-21-2008/0004778360&EDATE= Statement From The Analysis Corporation] ]External links
* http://theanalysiscorp.com/
* A [http://epic.org/privacy/travel/pass/ collection of articles] and other source material related to the passport breach, atEPIC .orgReferences
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