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| Trump's leaks crackdown sends chills through national security world |
| 2017-07-07 |
| [Politico] National security officials across the federal government say they are seeing new restrictions on who can access sensitive information, fueling fears in the intelligence and security community that the Trump administration has stepped up a stealthy operation to smoke out leakers. Officials at various national security agencies also say they are becoming more concerned that the administration is carefully tracking what they’re doing and who they’re talking to -- then plotting to use them as a scapegoat or accuse them of leaks. One U.S. official voiced concern over even talking to their superiors about a benign call from a reporter. The agency this official works for had started limiting staff’s access to information, they said, and it would make it far easier to figure out who was talking to people in the media. There was suspicion, the official said, that the agency was even tracking what they printed, to keep tabs on what information they were accessing. "I’m just trying to keep my head down," another U.S. intelligence official recently told POLITICO. A half dozen officials across the national security community described to POLITICO a series of subtle and no-so-subtle changes that have led to an increasingly tense and paranoid working environment rooted in the White House’s obsession with leaks. President Donald Trump has regularly vented about his intense frustration with anonymously sourced stories, and has specifically targeted federal government entities, including intelligence agencies like the CIA and FBI and the State Department. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Oughtn't they be concerned the stealthy operation began as soon as President Trump's people were in place in a few of the agencies, and only now has become palpable? That lady who'd sold out to China wasn't arrested yesterday, after all. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-07 18:40 |
| #7 Start putting a few leakers in jail for the appropriate amount of time and the rest will stop leaking really damned fast. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-07-07 14:03 |
| #6 A little terrain walk, say Fort Marcy Park, pour encouragement de otras. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-07-07 12:36 |
| #5 If they talked to politico, they are ready suspect. Cross walking phone call records with access and leaked data will out those too dumb in tradecraft or too lazy to at least buy a burner. Nice to see some tangible actions to remind the community this isn't a game. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2017-07-07 12:00 |
| #4 Good! Find the leakers and if they leaked classified information sent them to a pound-me-in-the-ass Federal Prison for a few decades. Enough of this leaking crap. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-07-07 10:40 |
| #3 tell 5 different stories to 5 suspected leakers and see which one makes it into the news |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-07-07 10:16 |
| #2 Chills? Only for the leakers. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-07-07 10:11 |
| #1 It's pretty simple, just RTDR (Read The Damn Regulations) and COMPLY as you have already agreed to do. If you have nothing to hide, you'll have no problem with the POLY. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-07-07 09:47 |