Tag: USA: Bold New Anti-Leak Plan

NOVANEWS By Abby Zimet Common Dreams Fed up with the “staggering” number of leaks from an uncommonly fractured White House, National Security Adviser H.R. McMasterhas issued a sweeping new call for government-wide training to prevent unauthorized disclosure of both classified and some unclassified information – disclosure, he declared, that “causes harm to our Nation and shakes the confidence of the American people.” With Trump’s White House marked by impressively persistent leaks at every level, McMaster upped the ante by aiming at leakers not just within intelligence agencies but in every department. Requesting “Provision of Training on Unauthorized Disclosures,” he argued, “It will be time well spent to shine a spotlight on the importance of this issue, and engage the workfor...