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This is not particularly surprising to me. When I was employed with the US government for a short time as a contractor during the Bradley Manning / Wikileaks me
by STRML 13y ago
This is not particularly surprising to me. When I was employed with the US government for a short time as a contractor during the Bradley Manning / Wikileaks mess, we were repeatedly reminded of the INFOSEC policy that restricted us from visiting those sites. That is, official policy states that any access of classified material on a NIPRnet(that is, public Internet)-connected computer would be treated as data leakage, with the same punishments and criminal hubbub as any other leak, regardless of the fact that it had been released publicly.
That policy was never rooted in sound logic, in my opinion, but it is still active. Outright blocking of the Guardian newspaper was probably not necessary - in our case, fear of persecution was enough to keep us from visiting Wikileaks, at least at work - but it is consistent with their policy and motives.
- w1ntermute 13y agoIs access of such publicly available information by a military/government employee on an Internet connection they're personally paying for, using a device they personally own (such as on a home PC), also not allowed?
- STRML 13y agoThat I am not sure of. At least, until now, I didn't think that it was likely for them to be checking up on that or to have that data. Now, even though I know they have the data, it seems unlikely to me that they would use it for something as inconsequential as enforcing this policy.