EXPOSED: NAT'L SECURITY ADVISOR QUIETLY TIGHTENS ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFO

[kpete]

U.S. quietly tightens access to classified information
John Byrne and Larisa Alexandrovna
Published: March 13, 2006


National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley quietly revised the guidelines for determining access to classified government information last year, increasing emphasis on allegiance to the United States and allowing the government broader latitude in rejecting candidates without a clearly articulated cause, RAW STORY has found.

In a December 2005 revision of the “Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information,” Hadley made semantic but substantial changes which seem to mirror a broader shift in Bush Administration policy. The document, found online, shows numerous variations from a previous copy of the guidelines published in 1997. Both are linked at the bottom of this article.

Many of the changes were minor or involved updates to catch up with technological advances. For example, the guidelines expand on certain areas with regard to storing or transferring classified information in electronic form

But taken in sum, the changes seem to indicate an increased emphasis on eliminating leaks of classified information, and a stronger emphasis on loyalty to the United States and its agents. The changes also allow those determining whether an individual is granted a security clearance to rely on a conflation of various “suspect” factors rather than a clear violation of a single rule.

Moreover, the new guidelines are posed as recommendations for other agencies that are not privy to high-level classified information, suggesting a blanket emphasis on secrecy across all theaters of government.


http://rawstory.com/news/2006/U.S._quietly_tightens_access_to_classified_0313.html

EDIT TO INCLUDE:
Hadley Version (2005):
http://www.fas.org/sgp/isoo/guidelines.html
(1997 Version)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/spb/class.htm

[underpants]

1. "allegiance" and "loyalty" WTF?

Use of the FOIA *IS* allegiance and loyalty the the United States at least the one I was taught about when I was growing up.

[harpo]

2. based on my last FOIA request to NSA, executive order 12958 says

that they can't tell us if they know anything or not. They definately changed something.

[underpants]

7. Actual text of Oct.12th 2001 Ashcroft statement

I encourage your agency to carefully consider the protection of all such values and interests when making disclosure determinations under the FOIA. Any discretionary decision by your agency to disclose information protected under the FOIA should be made only after full and deliberate consideration of the institutional, commercial, and personal privacy interests that could be implicated by disclosure of the information.

In making these decisions, you should consult with the Department of Justice's Office of Information and Privacy when significant FOIA issues arise, as well as with our Civil Division on FOIA litigation matters. When you carefully consider FOIA requests and decide to withhold records, in whole or in part, you can be assured that the Department of Justice will defend your decisions unless they lack a sound legal basis or present an unwarranted risk of adverse impact on the ability of other agencies to protect other important records.

http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foiapost/2001foiapost19.htm

[formercia]

3. Allegiance supersedes the oath to the Constitution? n/t

[Just Me]

4. Yep! Got tyranny yet?

I believe we do. I believe we are living under tyranny. I do.

[leftchick]

5. This is just like Nazification!

omg, who says they are not fascists?

[sabra]

6. kick

:kick:

[stop the bleeding]

8. hell in a hand basket,everyday we move closer and closer to a police

state and that is not an exaggeration my Friends

[kpete]

11. Thanks for stopping in

I am still trying to find something juicy for you today. There is this but.....I know...its not enough...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/vanity-fairs-judy_b_17242.html

[stop the bleeding]

14. I don't know what we would do without you kpete

you work tirelessly to bring us the news.:yourock::applause:

also I read everyone of your posts, I have been a little busy at work lately and that has restricted my commenting time, but if the big juicy comes down the pipe you better believe that I will be there to see what everyone is saying.

Thanks again for all of the work you do


and lastly

KICK!

[lala_rawraw]

9. shameless kicky

[DemReadingDU]

10. K&R

[annabanana]

12. "loyalty to the United States and its agents"

or loyalty to an individual man and his administration?

don't like THIS frame at all...:scared:

[Me.]

13. Isn't This A C ase Of Locking The Barn Door.....?

So Hadley is tightening up things to prevent leaks? How ironic! Despite what Bradley "assumes" I still think Hadley was one of the Plame leakers. The correct way to describe what is being done would br they that they are making sure nobody leaks but them.

[savemefromdumbya]

15. pulling up the drawbridge of the castle

they just want to hide their wrongdoings