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“Insider Threat Program”: How the White House is keeping federal workers quiet (YIKES!)
Hot Air ^ | June 21,2013

Posted on 06/21/2013 6:41:30 AM PDT by SE Mom

President Barack Obama’s unprecedented initiative, known as the Insider Threat Program, is sweeping in its reach. It has received scant public attention even though it extends beyond the U.S. national security bureaucracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the Peace Corps, the Social Security Administration and the Education and Agriculture departments. It emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of “insider threat” give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range of other conduct.

Government documents reviewed by McClatchy illustrate how some agencies are using that latitude to pursue unauthorized disclosures of any information, not just classified material. They also show how millions of federal employees and contractors must watch for “high-risk persons or behaviors” among co-workers and could face penalties, including criminal charges, for failing to report them. Leaks to the media are equated with espionage.

“Hammer this fact home . . . leaking is tantamount to aiding the enemies of the United States,” says a June 1, 2012, Defense Department strategy for the program that was obtained by McClatchy.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: benghazi; coverup; fastandfurious; impeachnow; insiderthreatprogram; irs; itp; tyranny; whistleblower
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To: reformedliberal

Yeah we’ve watched lots of BBC series so we’re used to the accents. I do have a hard time understanding the rogue agent with the strong Scottish accent. I’m re-watching it now to see if it’s ok for my teens to watch. Seeing how “Big Brother” plays out in modern times is quite a warning for us all, and especially for our youth.


101 posted on 06/21/2013 3:47:09 PM PDT by boxlunch (Psalm 2)
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To: butterdezillion

Obama was issued a copy of his Certificate of Naturalization in 1983. It is not classified nor is it a national security interest. Obama may show the document to anyone he chooses and he may choose not to show it to anyone.

Anyone who has seen the document with Obama’s permission has not violated a law or posed a threat to national security. The Department of Homeland Security is the custodian of all U.S. immigration records. Employees of DHS who have seen the document are prohibited by law of disclosing the contents of records held by DHS due to the Privacy Act.

An eyewitness to Obama’s Certificate of Naturalization is only relevant to the Court in a civil procedure if a complaint gets to the discovery phase and the custodian of the record deny its existence or claim it cannot be found. The eyewitness is called as a rebuttal witness to testify they have examined the document or a certified copy with the permission of the subject.

Unfortunately, cases concerning Obama’s Certificate of Naturalization do not get to discovery. Some people believe an affidavit or an uncertified copy of the document will get the case to discovery. That’s not true. Allegations in a complaint for a civil matter are considered to be true. For example, the plaintiff alleges the defendant is ineligible to be POTUS. The Court proceeds with the understanding the defendant is ineligible for POTUS without examining any affidavits or uncertified copies. Even though the Court proceeds with the understanding the defendant is ineligible, the case is dismissed for various reasons.

Consequently, the focus should be on getting a case to discovery and not obtaining rogue copies from disgruntled employees. This is what Obama’s defenders are focusing on. As long as a case doesn’t make it to discovery, then he is safe. If a case makes it to discovery, then Obama’s only choice will be to resign or ignore the subpoena.


102 posted on 06/21/2013 4:04:53 PM PDT by SvenMagnussen (1983 ... the year Obama became a naturalized U.S. citizen.)
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To: Whenifhow

Thanx, again.

I was able to watch the 1st episode. I will have to ration my viewing because it is so close to what we are experiencing now that it was very depressing. I did not once have to suppress disbelief. Of course, this was pre-The Second Russian Revolution. Today, we are seeing the propagandizing of our children happily being accomplished by Americans.

Interesting that it was a Russian EMP. I still believe that the PTB have too much vested in a functioning economy and
appearance of normalcy that they would not allow such an event and were they defied, they would try to take advantage and also take reprisals. The trashing of their vehicles for propaganda and pacification would wreck their plans for a seamless transition to a Global Governance.

But what do I know? I really thought more Americans would resist our present situation with more forcefulness. It is entirely possible the American elites would simply not let a crisis go to waste.

I think I will go have a glass of sherry, now.


103 posted on 06/21/2013 6:12:30 PM PDT by reformedliberal
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To: SE Mom

104 posted on 06/21/2013 7:06:21 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SE Mom

“WHY isn’t this all OVER the news??”

I know you meant that to be a rhetorical question, but it may very well be the most important question one could possibly ask.

Here’s a list of possible answers:

—Their loyalty lies with Obama and his communism and not the Constitution.

—They’ve been beaten into submission.

—They’re incompetent.

It doesn’t really matter which is the correct answer. It can be one of the the three or it could be all of them. What matters is the fact that a free society can’t exist without a free and honest press.

This sad little episode is further proof that we’re on the edge of complete economic, political, and social disaster.


105 posted on 06/21/2013 7:44:59 PM PDT by Absolutely Nobama (The Doomsday Clock is at 11:59:00......tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.....)
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To: SE Mom

Revolt is coming.


106 posted on 06/21/2013 7:50:22 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: SE Mom

Placemark.


107 posted on 06/21/2013 9:52:11 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Chickensoup
"We didn't love freedom enough."

Do We?

I wonder what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would think of Obama?

108 posted on 06/21/2013 10:18:00 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Girlene
Since 2008 the government of the United States has overtly positioned itself as the adversary of the American people. That be us.
109 posted on 06/21/2013 10:34:05 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: muawiyah
Obama doesn't really need to threaten them. when he's gone they'll open up again. We do not know if he will be gone. Remember his friend Chavez, elected by foolish useful idiots and remained until death.
110 posted on 06/22/2013 6:31:15 AM PDT by kindred (They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed,)
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To: Art in Idaho

I wonder what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would think of Obama?

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Obama is just a placeholder. A naught.

I wonder what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would think of us?


111 posted on 06/22/2013 2:55:51 PM PDT by Chickensoup (200 million unarmed " people killed in the 20th century by Leftist Totalitarian Fascists)
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To: Girlene

“I’m beginning to believe we are their “enemies”.”
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Yeah, I’m beginning to believe water is wet and fire burns.


112 posted on 06/22/2013 4:40:18 PM PDT by RipSawyer (I was born on Earth, what planet is this?)
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To: SE Mom

We have put up with this Obama crap far too long. I have very little hope for the US.

We act, or don’t, as though we have been neutered.


113 posted on 06/23/2013 5:46:54 PM PDT by dforest (I have now entered the Twilight Zone.)
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To: dforest

I know. It feels like being caught in a trap.


114 posted on 06/23/2013 6:10:09 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Absolutely Nobama; SE Mom
"Why isn't it all over the news?"

Welcome to the USSA, SE Mom.

"It's not a scandal if we don't report it."


115 posted on 06/23/2013 6:47:13 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

It’s too much. It’s just ALL too damned much.


116 posted on 06/23/2013 7:10:04 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Travis McGee

Good graphic. Of course, it makes me want to vomit, but it’s good.

The future looks so very, very dark.


117 posted on 06/23/2013 9:42:49 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: SE Mom

Well the whole world is damned, except that it be saved individual by individual. This is just how damnation plays out.


118 posted on 06/23/2013 9:47:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: Whenifhow

What happened?


119 posted on 06/23/2013 10:08:29 PM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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To: Venturer

Re #26...

It’s NEVER in bad taste to tell the truth.

We ARE entering a nazi-like state.

Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.

I’ve been reading about how hilter came to power. Obama is using the exact same play book.


120 posted on 06/24/2013 11:40:32 AM PDT by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
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