Mike Curtiss (11 July
2013)
"Only In Bazaro World
Can Obama Operate"
Dear Friends,
Yet again, a remarkable spectacle of
incredulity engulfed
the premier news, talk radio and TV cable news stations across
America. How can our champion major media news reporters
possibly maintain a straight face? We are witnessing an entire
generation of extremely well paid journalist's who share the
vested interests of a strong despotic central government. It's
openly ruled by a Mafia style group that's busy implementing a
radical Marxist takeover to fundamentally transform America.
We've all heard this extremely disturbing material
that makes up official Regime dialogue. Unfortunately, it's
obvious that this regime consider's itself upon a holy jihadist
quest. We can only expect to hear even more disturbing material
in the days to come. The Regime's desperate to some how disarm
the American People. Make all the preparations you deem
necessary, it shall not be too much longer before this crisis
reaches the boiling point. Make your peace with God and man.
Agape,
Michael Curtiss
Obama Executive Order Requires Federal Government Employees to
Learn to Spy on Co-workers!
Allegedly, to prevent more embarrassing WikiLeaks-type
disclosures that have utterly discredited the Regime. Reporter's
question about the secret program have Obama press secretary Jay
Carney utterly 'stumped' during White House briefing program. It
directs employees to report on co-workers' habits, travel,
financial difficulties, unusual work hours and federal credit
card abuse scandals.
October 2011 executive order from the
president created a task force led by James Clapper and Eric
Holder, which set guidelines for federal agencies
A new poll found that a majority of Americans
see Edwards Snowden as a 'whistle-blower,' not a 'traitor'
President Obama is directing federal employees to rat out their
co-workers in a program designed to spot former Bradley Mannings
and Ed Snowdens, but experts doubt whether the program is wise
or effective
President Obama is directing federal employees to rat out their
co-workers in a program designed to spot former Bradley Mannings
and Ed Snowdens, but experts doubt whether the program is wise
or effective
The familiar command 'If you see something, say something' has
been moved into the federal government's workplaces, according
to a new report.
The government's Insider Threat Program, a comprehensive
initiative that stretches across 5 million security-cleared
employees of all federal agencies and their contractors, was
brought to life following an executive order from President
Obama in 2011. He issued the directive after Army Private
Bradley Manning sent untold numbers of classified documents to
the anti-secrecy WikiLeaks website.
The initiative asks federal government employees to spy on their
co-workers, reporting to program agents on their unusual
behaviors, strange attitudes, financial troubles and
unprecedented travel - all indicators that a 'high-risk' person
might be engaged in espionage or other leaking of secret
materials in a way that might cause 'harm to the United States.'
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In particular, it seeks to identify threats from federal
employees who might cause 'damage to the United States through
espionage, terrorism, unauthorized disclosure of national
security information or through the loss or degradation of
departmental resources or capabilities,' according to a secret
government document prepared by a task force headed by Director
of National Intelligence James Clapper and Attorney General Eric
Holder.
The program was highlighted in a lengthy report from the
McClatchy News Service, whose reporters explored how
psychological profiling of former computer hackers and espionage
offenders revealed patterns and traits that spy experts believed
could be identified pre-emptively.
Naysayers point to the TSA's screening program as an indicator
that federal government efforts to profile potential threats are
far off the mark
Naysayers point to the TSA's screening program as an indicator
that federal government efforts to profile potential threats are
far off the mark
White House press secretary Jay Carney was caught flat-footed
during his briefing with reporters Wednesday, admitting that a
question about the Insider Threat Program 'stumped' him.\
'I confess that I did not go read the McClatchy story,' he said.
The government's own experts are questioning whether the program
has value, and if it could be sacrificing personal civil
liberties on the altar of enhanced security.
Eric Feldman, a former National Reconnaissance Office inspector
general who oversaw spy satellite programs, said the program
could create 'a repressive kind of culture.'
He told McClatchy that the answer to spotting potential leakers
shouldn't be 'to have a Stasi-like response,' referringto the
feared East German communists' secret police.
A Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday found that for
the first time, a plurality of Americans believe government
efforts to crack down on terrorism through surveillance of
ordinary Americans has gone too far. A strong majority said they
see NSA leaker Edward Snowden as a 'whistle-blower,' rather than
as a 'traitor.'
Fancy yourself a James Bond wannabee? Your Defense Department
co-workers could rat you out as a reckless future secret-leaker
Fancy yourself a James Bond wannabee? Your Defense Department
co-workers could rat you out as a reckless future secret-leaker
A task force headed by Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper and Attorney General Eric Holder (R) set the standards
for the Insider Threat Program
A task force headed by Director of National Intelligence James
Clapper and Attorney General Eric Holder (R) set the standards
for the Insider Threat Program
A 2008 National Research Council report on detecting terrorists
concluded that '[t]here is no consensus in the relevant
scientific community ... regarding whether any behavioral
surveillance or physiological monitoring techniques are ready
for use at all.'
And 'doing something similar about predicting future leakers
seems even more speculative,' Stephen Fienberg, a statistics and
social science professor at Carnegie Mellon University told
McClatchy.
Caitlin Hayden, a National Security Council spokeswoman, said in
a statement that the Insider Threat Program includes provisions
to protect 'civil rights, civil liberties and privacy,' but
McClatchy reported that she didn't identify any of them.
The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive
oversees government programs that aim to detect secretive
threats to national security. Its spokesman Gene Barlow said
that in the past, co-workers of eventual leakers saw patterns of
behavior that they never reported to anyone.
'The awareness effort of the program is to teach people not only
what types of activity to report,' Barlow said, 'but how to
report it and why it is so important to report it.'
But he cautioned that the program 'does not mandate' that
employees report anything to their supervisors.
“It simply educates employees about basic activities or behavior
that might suggest a person is up to improper activity,” he
said.
The government has been stung by leaks from Edward Snowden, a
fugutive former NSA contractor's employee who absconded with
state secrets and leaked them to The Guardian, a British
newspaper
The government has been stung by leaks from Edward Snowden, a
fugutive former NSA contractor's employee who absconded with
state secrets and leaked them to The Guardian, a British
newspaper
'If you see someone reading classified documents they should not
be reading, especially if this happens multiple times and the
person appears nervous that you saw him, that is activity that
is suspicious and should be reported, Barlow told McClatchy.
'The insider threat team then looks at the surrounding facts and
draws the conclusions about the activity.'
Some agencies, however, have taken the program further than
merely looking for deviations from normal work patterns.
The FBI is asking private security personnel to be on the
lookout for employees with 'a desire to help the "underdog" or a
particular cause,' those who are 'James Bond Wannabe[s], and
anyone with a 'divided loyalty: allegiance to another person or
company or to a country besides the United States.'
The Pentagon is reportedly implementing a system-wide training
program whose goal is to set up Insider Threat Program offices
with access to every security official and contractor manager.
'What we really point out is if you’re in doubt, report, because
that’s what the investigative personnel are there to do, is to
get the bottom of "is this just noise or is this something that
is really going on?"' a senior Army counterintelligence and
security official named Larry Gillis told McClatchy.
White House press secretary Jay Carney admitted Wednesday that a
question about the Insider Threat Program 'stumped' him. 'I
confess that I did not go read the McClatchy story,' he said
White House press secretary Jay Carney admitted Wednesday that a
question about the Insider Threat Program 'stumped' him. 'I
confess that I did not go read the McClatchy story,' he said
The program has become the subject of ridicule among some
experts who say noticing odd behaviors isn't an effective tool
for identifying future espionage suspects.
Thomas Fingar, a former State Department intelligence chief who
chaired the National Intelligence Council, said that 'an
amateur' like a typical federal employee would have little
success. He also said employees should be oriented toward
helping their co-workers, not toward reporting them for internal
discipline.
But the Obama administration is poised to implement the program
fully, following Edward Snowden's disclosures about NSA programs
that scoop up communications data from ordinary Americans on the
strength of directives from secretive courts.
'Leaks related to national security can put people at risk,' the
president said just weeks ago.
'They can put men and women in uniform that I’ve sent into the
battlefield at risk. They can put some of our intelligence
officers, who are in various, dangerous situations that are
easily compromised, at risk. ... So I make no apologies, and I
don’t think the American people would expect me as commander in
chief not to be concerned about information that might
compromise their missions or might get them killed.'