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White House issues executive order in wake of WikiLeaks reports

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Source: Los Angeles Times

Seventeen months after U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was arrested for allegedly downloading reams of classified information that WikiLeaks would later share with the world, the Obama administration issued a directive Friday that seeks to improve how the government protects secrets on its computer networks.

The executive order, the product of a task force formed in the wake of the WikiLeaks reports, seeks to standardize how agencies protect classified data while also promoting the sharing of intelligence, the White House said in a statement.

Friday’s order requires agencies to designate a senior official to oversee classified information sharing and safeguarding; implement an insider-threat detection and prevention program; and perform self-assessments of compliance with policy and standards, the White House says.

The order also establishes a special government committee that must report to the president within 90 days, and then at least once a year after that, examining federal performance in protecting classified information on computer networks.

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8 comments // White House issues executive order in wake of WikiLeaks reports

  • faye59
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      faye59  

    • Bradley Manning is a traitor. Stop coddling people who work against the interests of the American people. He was probably paid for what he did. There's nothing noble in stealing classified documents and giving them to a foreigner. If his goals were altruistic, he could have given those documents to an american newspaper. He also took an oath.

    • 8 months ago
  • Anonmaly
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      Anonmaly  

    • It's really sad, Bradley Manning is the definition of a hero, and Obama will find himself on the losing side of historical opinion in the eyes of what will be more enlightened generations...

      Makes it worse, Obama is an intelligent man despite his actions, he must be able to see where this is heading... Why would he perpetuate it?

    • 8 months ago
  • wolfess
  • wolfess
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      wolfess  

    • Continue to respect the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of the American people.
      Ooh-ooh, does that mean all those governors that have walked all over their citizens' civil rights get to go to jail???? I feel soooo much safer with this administration at the helm ... uh, NOT!

    • 8 months ago
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