Assembly OKs bill on background checks for key jobs

By TOM BALDWIN Gannett State Bureau TRENTON With Gov. James E. McGreevey on his way out of office in the wake of a scandal involving an affair, apparently with his underqualified security adviser, the Assembly Monday approved a measure to guarantee background checks for sensitive jobs. The lack of a background check for Israeli Golan Cipel helped cascade scandal onto McGreevey, since he had placed Cipel in his $110,000 post as the governor’s homeland security mentor. Read More