Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano)- Requested Repost from Oct 2103 Published time: October 28, 2013 02:01 Reuters / Jim Young Access classified data without authorization, use your account after you’ve been fired, or anonymously request a new account for an… Read More ›
Bradley Manning
U.S. intelligence agencies spend millions to hunt for insider threats, document shows
By Carol D. Leonnig, Julie Tate and Barton Gellman, Published: September 1 The U.S. government suspects that individuals with connections to al-Qaeda and other hostile groups have repeatedly sought to obtain jobs in the intelligence community, and it reinvestigates thousands of… Read More ›
Unhappy With U.S. Foreign Policy? Pentagon Says You Might Be A ‘High Threat’ : “Hema”
Matt Sledge Become a fan msledge@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/07/2013 11:36 am EDT | Updated: 08/07/2013 5:19 pm EDT Watch out for “Hema.” A security training test created by a Defense Department agency warns federal workers that they should consider the hypothetical Indian-American woman… Read More ›
Math Behind Leak Crackdown: 153 Cases, 4 Years, 0 Indictments
July 20, 2013 By SHARON LaFRANIERE Soon after President Obama appointed him director of national intelligence in 2009, Dennis C. Blair called for a tally of the number of government officials or employees who had been prosecuted for… Read More ›
US Govt threatens Federal workers, must spy on each other / pay particular attention to the lifestyles, attitudes and behaviors
Wednesday, 10 July 2013 In an initiative aimed at rooting out future leakers and other security violators, President Barack Obama has ordered federal employees to report suspicious actions of their colleagues based on behavioral profiling techniques that are not… Read More ›
Feds Cracking Down on Classified Gatekeepers / federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees
By ADAM KLASFELD WASHINGTON (CN) – A federal contractor pleaded guilty to lying about conducting background checks on government employees – a crime that prosecutors say is becoming increasingly common. The U.S. government had indicted Ramon Davila in 2011 for… Read More ›
US secrecy policy run as though formed by Orwell and Kafka – top official
William Leonard, who oversaw state secrecy under George W Bush, says successive US presidents have abused system Ed Pilkington in New York guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 March 2013 13.26 EDT Leonard said new executive powers had been created without congressional… Read More ›
U.S. ‘withheld’ emails on WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning: defense
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, August 28, 2012 21:53 EDT FORT MEADE, Maryland — Lawyers for the US soldier on trial for passing a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks on Tuesday accused the government of withholding emails about his pre-trial… Read More ›