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Pentagon to tighten controls after classified documents leak
[BBC] The Pentagon will change its security policies after a review into a big leak of classified files found officials struggled to keep up with the number of staff who had top secret access.New measures include the appointment of officers to control the level of access to top secret data and installing systems to detect electronic devices. It follows the unauthorised publication of dozens of classified files online. Ex-airman Jack Teixeira, 21, is charged with leaking files, which he denies. The results of a 45-day review of Pentagon policies and procedures, ordered by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin in the wake of the leak, suggested the need to increase oversight for those trusted with classified national security information. A senior defence official suggested to reporters at a briefing that Pentagon security protocols had struggled to keep pace with the growth in the number of cleared personnel and the number of facilities where secret files are accessed. Related: Jack Teixeira: 2023-06-16 Accused Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira indicted by federal grand jury for mishandling classified documents Jack Teixeira: 2023-06-07 WaPo: US intel had advance warning of attack on Nord Stream -- by the Ukrainians Jack Teixeira: 2023-05-19 Suspected Pentagon leaker was warned multiple times, prosecutors say Posted by: Skidmark 2023-07-06 |
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