HSPD-12 Update

District Court Hearing on Injunction Restricting Background Investigations of JPL Employees

“Background: The case evolves from a hearing last year in which employees of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory sought injunctive relief against their employer Caltech and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in order to prevent intrusive personal background investigations. Caltech and NASA argued that these intrusions were required under Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12, an executive order signed by President George W. Bush. The JPL employees do no classified work.”