Findings raise security concerns for the U.S. government . Officials say employees and contractors with financial problems are top targets of foreign intelligence agents . The 83,000 employees and contractors with tax debt in the GAO study are among 3.2 million people who the Pentagon says held or were approved for secret , top secret , SCI [ sensitive compartmented information ] and interim security clearances from January 2006 to December 2011 , the period covered by the GAO study . The report says that in some cases it is unclear whether a person has been recruited by an agent or if they have simply fallen into their trap.
Findings raise security concerns for the U.S. government . Officials say employees and contractors with financial problems are top targets of foreign intelligence agents . The report says that in some cases it is unclear whether a person has been recruited by an agent or if they have simply fallen into their trap.