June 2003

Carlyle's shadowy world

by Peter Koh


Deep underground in a secured bunker in western Pennsylvania, employees of a Carlyle Group portfolio company perform background checks on government and airlines employees, as well as on thousands of private-sector job applicants.

The former Office of Federal Investigations, known as the US Investigations Services since it was bought by the Carlyle Group upon privatization, is just one of the many controversial companies in...


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