The
Trump administration has declared a war on media leaks and called for
the U.S. federal workforce and contractors to receive “anti-leak”
training. The centerpiece of Trump’s anti-leak campaign, aside from
early morning tweet-storms railing against leakers and media, is the
National Insider Threat Taskforce.
The
Insider Threat Program is not Trump-era creation. In then-secret
testimony to Congress in 2012, Directorate of National Intelligence
official Robert Litt touted the original Insider Threat Program as a
highlight in administrative efforts to “sanction and deter”
leaks. In the past, Insider Threat Program training has improperly
included “WANTED”-style images of whistleblowers pictured
alongside actual spies and mass murderers.
As
recently as last month, DOD has developed training courses, toolkits,
templates, posters, and videos, all aimed toward silencing and
deterring anyone who would disclose to the press or the public
information the government wants kept secret for no legitimate reason
and that the public has an interest in knowing. It is not only
federal employees who receive these trainings, but tens of thousands
of government contractors as well. Companies with any classified
access are required to implement an “Insider Threat Program,” an
insidious presumption that employees cannot be trusted.
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