Posted on 06/28/2013 11:25:46 AM PDT by OregonRancher
WASHINGTON Even before a former U.S. intelligence contractor exposed the secret collection of Americans phone records, the Obama administration was pressing a government-wide crackdown on security threats that requires federal employees to keep closer tabs on their co-workers and exhorts managers to punish those who fail to report their suspicions.
President Barack Obamas unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach. It has received scant public attention even though it extends beyond the U.S. national security bureaucracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the Peace Corps, the Social Security Administration and the Education and Agriculture departments. It emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of insider threat give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range of other conduct.
Government documents reviewed by McClatchy illustrate how some agencies are using that latitude to pursue unauthorized disclosures of any information, not just classified material. They also show how millions of federal employees and contractors must watch for high-risk persons or behaviors among co-workers and could face penalties, including criminal charges, for failing to report them. Leaks to the media are equated with espionage.
(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...
Civilian Security Force
THUGS
But then Barry’s leaks are OK.
This, from the guy funding and arming al-Qaeda?
UShe really means
me.
i don’t consider myself as an enemy of the u.s. but the government is a different aminal
These b*stards are HUAC on steroids & turned 180 degrees.
Enemies of 0bama....
I think Obama means “the enemies of us.”
You know: The royal “we?”
Most Criminals view whistle blowers dimly.
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