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<\/a>Aaron Alexis, the 34-year-old suspect in Monday’s shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, had “secret” clearance and was assigned to start working there as a civilian contractor with a military-issued ID card, his firm’s chief executive told Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n “He did have a secret clearance. And he did have a CAC (common access card),” said Thomas Hoshko, CEO of The Experts Inc, which was helping service the Navy Marine Corps Intranet as a subcontractor for HP Enterprise Services, part of Hewlett-Packard Co.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Alexis, of Forth Worth, Texas, is suspected of opening fire at the Naval Sea Systems Command building in the Washington Navy Yard in a shooting that left 13 people dead, including the shooter.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Asked when Alexis was supposed to start work, Hoshko said in a telephone interview: “That’s what I got to find out, if he was supposed to start today … It’s not clear to me.”<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Hoshko said he was unaware of any issues with misconduct involving Alexis or any possible grievance that could have led to the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Alexis had previously worked for The Experts in Japan from September 2012 to January 2013, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n “We had just recently re-hired him. Another background investigation was re-run and cleared through the defense security service in July 2013,” Hoshko said.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Hoshko said he believed that Alexis’ “secret” security clearance dated back to 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The Navy said Alexis enlisted as a full-time Navy reservist in May 2007. He was discharged in 2011 after a series of misconduct issues, a Navy official said.<\/span><\/p>\n