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A British term for the careful and ‘proactive’ investigation into the background not only of members of, or candidates for, the intelligence services but also of anyone needing access to highly classified information, including – as and when the need arose – members of the Diplomatic Service. Introduced in the 1950s following the discovery that the KGB had recruited people while still at university who subsequently rose to senior positions, ‘pving’ focused on detecting any association with extremist political organizations and any evidence of behaviour likely to render an officer vulnerable to blackmail. (‘Negative vetting’ involves only checking to see if information in existing records has adverse security implications.) This procedure has now been replaced by ‘developed vetting’, a more flexible system by means of which the rigour of the investigation is varied according to (a) the degree of sensitivity of the information to which access is sought and (b) the extent to which the individual\'s security may be at risk. |
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