NASA Internal Memo: Do Not Access Public Web Sites Containing Classified Information
“Individuals with a security clearance have agreed to certain restrictions regarding classified information. Accessing classified information on Wikileaks, even from home, constitutes a security violation. Viewing classified information from a computer that isn’t authorized to access classified information, and/or viewing classified information that he or she is not authorized access to, is a security violation. And, use of official Government computers for other than authorized purposes is prohibited by federal ethics laws.”
Odd warning. I wonder if Britain is going to be prosecuting the editor of the Guardian newspaper?
“Ignore the man behind the curtain.” “There’s nothing to see here.” “These are not the droids you’re looking for.”
I believe a similar caution was issued by NASA after the Manning-Wikileaks disclosures.
Insanity on a bun. So information that is public, to the ENTIRE PLANET is considered classified?
Information is classified until the Government officially declassifies it. A thief can not not declassify it – that is how we prosecute him for having classified information.
There may be searches of government computers going on to find any members of his gang. If you have the information on your computer the dragnet could catch you by accident.
If I am reading the memo correctly:
It is important that employees with a security clearance do not access leaked information, even at home, because they have agreed not to do so.
It is not as important if employees without a security clearance access leaked information at home, because they have not agreed not to do so.
while this might seem odd. Anyone with a security clearance has to follow this policy. Classified information (even if it is in the public domain) remains classified until the someone with authority changes the status to unclassified.
this now makes sense why websense was blocking any article that referenced wikileaks. even it was just a news article on Time, or CNN if the article had wikileaks reference it in the websense fully blocked the article.
If the New York Times or the Washington Post publishes leaked information, is it a security violation to read those papers?