Former officials said this breach would likely prompt a hard tilt toward restricting the flow of information, possibly making it harder for security officials to 'connect the dots' and avert dangers like the 9/11 attacks.
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The latest US intelligence leak illustrates a paradox of spycraft: keeping secrets means limiting their distribution but protecting against dangers like anotherBalancing those twin demands is a key challenge for US President Joe Biden as his administration seeks to prevent leaks while protecting US security and ensuring allies fearful of exposure keep sharing intelligence.
Former officials said this breach would likely prompt a hard tilt toward restricting the flow of information, possibly making it harder for security officials to “connect the dots” and avert dangers like the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The Justice Department has not said what charges Teixeira would face, although they will likely involve criminal charges of willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information.The White House and the Department of Defense did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment.
“One of the things we learned from 9/11 is…we really need to share information,” said Michael Atkinson, a former US Intelligence Community inspector general. “Leaks, unfortunately, can damage that type of helpful information sharing.” In response, the Obama administration instituted the Insider Threat Program, which required US agencies to upgrade safeguards against unauthorized disclosures, including routinely monitoring and auditing classified computer networks “to detect, monitor, and analyze anomalous user behavior for indicators of misuse.
“The Insider Threat Program was really tailored as a response to the then-Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks scenario in which the unauthorized disclosures had an ideological or political motive,” he said. “They were a response to perceived injustice, or they were intended as a critique of US policy.”
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