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From the Blogs
DNI Issues New Policy on Leak Damage Assessments: The
Director of National Intelligence has issued new guidance on assessing
damage resulting from the unauthorized disclosure of classified
intelligence information to ensure that the damage assessments “are
produced in an efficient, timely, consistent and collaborative
manner.” Leak damage assessments should be used iteratively and the
lessons learned from them should be applied “to strengthen the
protection of classified national intelligence and prevent future
unauthorized
disclosures or compromises.”
Virtual Biosecurity Center Update: The
VBC is up and running again, featuring news articles and op-eds related
to biotechnology, biological threats and science policy. The VBC is
located at www.virtualbiosecuritycenter.org.
Wanted: A Chef with a Top Secret Clearance: A
secure U.S. government facility in Herndon, Virginia needs a master
chef who holds or who can obtain a Top Secret security clearance. The
job opening was announced by Sodexo, the international food service
company. Steven Aftergood writes that the requirement for a chef with a
Top Secret clearance exemplifies a significant policy problem, namely
the use of the security clearance process as an employee screening tool.
What are Acceptable Nuclear Risks?:
Dr. Martin Hellman, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Nuclear Risks, takes a
look at the the ‘acceptable’ probability of an accidental nuclear
explosion in the wake of a 1957 Sandia Report, “Acceptable Premature
Probabilities for Nuclear Weapons,” which addressed this question.
Senate Bill Requires Report on "All" NSA Bulk Collection: The
National Security Agency would be required to prepare an unclassified
report on “all NSA bulk collection activities,” the Senate
Appropriations Committee directed in its report on the Fiscal Year 2015
Department of Defense Appropriations bill, published on July 17. The
Committee told the NSA to prepare a report “describing all NSA bulk
collection activities, including when such activities began, the cost of
such activities, what types of records have been
collected in the past, what types of records are currently being
collected, and any plans for future bulk collection.” Such a report
would be expected to clarify whether NSA bulk collection extends beyond
the acknowledged telephone metadata program in Section 215 of the USA
Patriot Act.
House Amendment Would Cut NSC Budget by a Third:
On July 15, the House approved an amendment to cut the budget for the
National Security Council (NSC) by one third in response to NSC moves to
block congressional access to information. In total, the FY2015 NSC
budget will be reduced by $4.2 million.
New USAF Bomber Already Under Development and More from CRS: Secrecy
News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such as the
development of the Air Force's Long Range Strike Bomber, the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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