Thursday, January 6, 2011

U.S. Government To Institute “Insider Threat” Programs To Prevent Fututre Wikileaks

U.S. Tells Agencies: Watch 'Insiders' To Prevent New WikiLeaks -- MSNBC

Measure 'happiness,' look for 'despondence and grumpiness,' memo from administration official urges.

The Obama administration is telling federal agencies to take aggressive new steps to prevent more WikiLeaks embarrassments, including instituting “insider threat” programs to ferret out disgruntled employees who might be inclined to leak classified documents, NBC News has learned.

As part of these programs, agency officials are being asked to figure out ways to “detect behavioral changes” among employees who might have access to classified documents.

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My Comment: Steven Aftergood, a national security specialist for the Federation of American Scientists sums up this new policy best ....

This is paranoia, not security.

Yup .... this has nothing to do with security.

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