Is it possible to shovel more stupid into a box already filled to the brim with stupid? You betcha'. I bring as an example the American government.
The Obama administration is telling federal agencies to take aggressive new steps to prevent more WikiLeaks embarrassments, including instituting “insider threat” programs to ferret out disgruntled employees who might be inclined to leak classified documents, NBC News has learned.
As part of these programs, agency officials are being asked to figure out ways to “detect behavioral changes” among employees who might have access to classified documents.
A highly detailed 11-page memo prepared by U.S. intelligence officials and distributed by Jacob J. Lew, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, suggests that agencies use psychiatrists and sociologists to measure the “relative happiness” of workers or their “despondence and grumpiness” as a way to assess their trustworthiness. The memo was sent this week to senior officials at all agencies that use classified material.
The the Director of the National Intelligence Office goes on to suggest what may be the most laughable - or scariest - invasion of privacy yet.
Perhaps the most impractical question, according to Aftergood, relates to what steps the agencies are taking to monitor whether federal workers have visited the WikiLeaks website before they started their jobs or after they retired.
“Do you capture evidence of pre-employment and/or post-employment activities or participation in online media data mining sites like WikiLeaks or Open Leaks?” the memo asks.
They're suggesting you check a job applicant's web activity before they're hired? Good luck with the legalities of that one. Better yet - "hello, citizen retiree - we need to take your hard drive to make sure all you're doing is surfing for deals on hip replacements and gardening tips."
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