House passes legislation to help sniff out ‘traitors’

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The House has passed legislation to establish a program to prevent crimes from people in federal agencies who at one point were deemed trustworthy.

The bill, authored by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and passed on Monday, would create an “insider threat program” in the Department of Homeland Security intended to help employees “identify, prevent, mitigate, and respond to insider threat risks.”

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