HI Mark,

On Fri 2038-Dec-03 17:00, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to Bob Ackley:

 BA> Back when I handled classified material = and I handled a LOT of it
 BA> over a period just shy of 20 years (evern wrote some of it) - your 
 BA> access to material was limited by your need to know it.  If you 
 BA> didn't need it you just didn't get access to it, period.

ml> in this case, we can thank 9-11 for it... there was a great wailing
ml> and gnashing of teeth about not sharing information between the
ml> services so that the information could be seen in a much larger
ml> picture and possibly prevent another 9-11 from happening...

YOu know it's funny, I just sent back to the braille library today the 7th
volume of the joint congressional committees'
report on that whole mess, and you're right.

The joint committees' recommendations were to share info
better in such databases, but to provide those "levels" of
access, and a clear audit trail of who accessed it when,
where it went, etc.

Again, sounds like some people are screwing up pretty major.


YEp I can see this guy downloading this stuff onto a usb
hard drive and walking out the door.  Nobody says "hey bro
whatcha got in the bag there" or anything like it.

Scary stuff!!!

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+