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NSA Striving to Plug Leaks

Siobhan Gorman writes in The Baltimre Sun:

The National Security Agency has mounted an increasingly aggressive campaign to root out disclosures to the news media, including a new policy that could require every agency employee to hunt for leaks, current and former intelligence officials said.

"There's been one leak after another, and [intelligence agencies] haven't responded as effectively as they would have liked," said Meredith Fuchs, general counsel for the National Security Archive at George Washington University. "They're trying to set up a system that will be quick-moving, effective and responsive."

Some security analysts and former NSA officials warned that requiring agency employees to regularly search for leaks could divert attention from their regular duties. They also raised concerns that it could place people who pursue information through legitimate channels under suspicion.

posted by Fergie @ 7/23/2006 07:15:00 AM