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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNSA Employee Security Guidelines Handbook
A search for this turns up several copies of this document, dating back at least to 1994. It's probably an earlier document than that. It's an interesting read for those who are curious about security rules for NSA employees. Of particular note is the section on dealing with the media, since a recent column about that has been posted here.
If you want to read these, for whatever reason, you can find the document, which in my opinion is an actual copy of those guidelines, at the link below. Other links to it can also be found by searching Google:
http://theory.stanford.edu/~donald/NSA.doc.html
Note: This document was never classified higher than For Official Use Only, and is available in a number of places on the Internet.
randome
(34,845 posts)Because he's scared or...something.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)They've just been reiterated.
elias49
(4,259 posts)it was printed on as a pre-Patriot Act statement.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)The point is that communicating with the media as an individual has always been a breach of security. It was then, and is now. In fact, even the military itself prohibits enlisted personnel and officers from making media statements. All questions are to be directed to the Public Information Office.
That's just standard practice for most government agencies. The "changes" being mentioned aren't changes at all. The policy has always been the same.