Court Nixes NASA Background Checks

January 12th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Space Exploration

(AP) -- A federal judge blocked the government Friday from conducting background checks of low-risk employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory after an appeals court said the investigations threaten the constitutional rights of workers.

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