Edward Snowden had travelled to India before 2011

The contractor of Central Intelligence Agency Edward Snowden, who disclosed few of the most closely secured secrets of America, had travelled to India before 2011 but did not report about the trip during his background-check process. The background checkers failed to confirm Snowden's account of a previous security violation and his work for the CIA, they did not carefully investigate an apparent trip to India that he had failed to report, as reported by Wall Street Journal.

The 2011 regular background check that the contractor of National Security Agency required to keep his security clearance, the checkers did not obtain significant information from any person who recognized him except his mother and girlfriend. The background interviewers get to know from a work administrator that Snowden had travelled to India, for which Snowden had not reported during the background-check process but the last background report failed to analyze the intention of the trip, as reported by the Journal. India was one of many nations approached by a 30years old Snowden for the purpose of asylum while he was trapped at the Moscow airport. His request has been turned down by New Delhi. 

One of a review report regarding this issue has said that many aspects of the background check did not satisfy the requirements of a 1997 document that has outlined federal standards for background checks. The Executive of National Counterintelligence (Frank Montoya Jr), who guided the review, has said the background check of 2011 by a private contractor did not reflect a complete picture of Snowden, further said by Journal.

The latest background check of Snowden was so insufficient that a small number of people were interviewed and prospective concerns were not taken into consideration. Snowden has contended that he was acting out of conscience as he wanted to shine a light on an inspection apparatus which he considers is out of control.