Obama’s new strategy to prevent whistleblowers like Eric Snowden from exposing government crimes is to ban officials from acknowledging that leaks even exist.
“Personnel must not use sourcing that comes from known leaks, or unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information. “The use of such information in a publication can confirm the validity of an unauthorized disclosure and cause further harm to national security,” reads the policy instruction.
This could make it less appetizing for whistleblowers to come out with leaks as they lose support from associates and might be made to feel their efforts could be futile.
Attention America, you’re only allowed to listen the Obama’s lies.
The Obama administration has a new strategy to stop the public-relations bleeding caused by Edward Snowden and other leakers of classified information: ban intelligence officials from acknowledging those leaks at all.
An April directive from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence prohibits both current and former employees and contractors from discussing news reports of those leaks in speeches, books, articles, or other writings, without first obtaining “prepublication” permission.
“Personnel must not use sourcing that comes from known leaks, or unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information,” reads the policy instruction, which was first reported by the Project on Government Secrecy’s Steven Aftergood. “The use of such information in a publication can confirm the validity of an unauthorized disclosure and cause further harm to national security.”
The broad but somewhat ambiguous order, which does not differentiate between leaks of classified or unclassified material, appears to additionally mandate that personnel are barred from participating in “open discussion venues such as forums, panels, round tables, and question and answer sessions” without first obtaining approval to do so.
The administration’s clampdown on discussing leaked information follows another recent policy decision requiring intelligence officials to earn permission before engaging in any communication with a journalist.
Officials are subject to “civil and administrative penalties” if they do not comply with the new policy.
The White House has faced on onslaught of criticism from media outlets and open-government activists, who say it is one of the most secretive administrations in U.S. history. It has prosecuted more officials in cases involving leaking classified material than all previous administrations combined.
Source: nationaljournal.com
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THIS FOOL OUT OF OFFICE NOW… HE HAS HAD PEOPLE KILLED FOR OPENING THEIR MOUTH AND HE WAS NOT BORN HERE !!! IMPEACH HIM NOW… DONT DELAY OR WE WILL HAVE NOTHING LEFT ..I FOR ONE WILL NOT BOW TO THE EAST AND PRAY TO A DEVIL WORSHIPER… TRUST ME HE IS AND CAN HAVE YOU REMOVED…
more will die as Obama keeps hiding his corruption I feel sorry for the kids of tomorrow
this man is more evil then hilter time for him to br removed one way or the other
The look of pure evil we are under a communist dictatorship right now and people can’t it. There is more to come. We the people can’t control it its those in DC who can do it and they won’t because they like the power.
that’s like telling a child to give up the candy, not going to happen and he is looking more and more like hitler.
Ok America!It’s time to get off your knees and stand for what is right!Call your reps. and let them know you are tired of Obama and you are tired of them being spineless weasels just collecting a paycheck!It’s time to earn your money and get this anti-Christ out of office!
the only harm to national security is you Obummer and this will never take place to bad you don’t go back to Kenya they may even let you be king there it won’t happen here in America we don’t believe in fairytale kings you don’t get to make the laws and rules to your game here and the people are not going tp tolerate you much longer and you don’t have all the power and never will
How long did he think he could hide his lies? Did he really think he could keep his dirty deals secret? HOW LONG IS AMERICA GOING TO STAND FOR THIS?
Sure, O’Fraud. Ignore the leak in the dam until the village people are drowned! POS traitor!