I don't have a problem with background checks provided they are accurate and evenly applied to ALL employees and contractors who may come in contact with sensitive information. This raises a lot of questions in regards to the use of foreign abstractors and vendors.

• Does your client employ foreign workers or use the services of foreign vendors?
  

• Is the client requiring background checks for all vendors and vendor employees? Or only those employees and vendors who actually live and work in the United States?

• Are foreign agents working under fake names and phony U.S. addresses excluded from these background checks?
  

• Is the background check provider capable of searching criminal records in a country where a foreign vendor or employee resides and those records are not available online? Do they?