One of the many revelations coming out of the investigations how ánd what Edward Snowden managed to smuggle from the NSA computers.
A very tight policy indeed and yes the full quote is “Of course, there are always exceptions” to the thumb drive ban, a former NSA official said, particularly for network administrators. “There are people who need to use a thumb drive and they have special permission. But when you use one, people always look at you funny.”
Gives one faith that our data are safe with the NSA. The FBI still wonders how this low ranking system administrator was able to access some top secret files, but In testimony Wednesday, NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander acknowledged “grave concerns” about Snowden’s access to so many secret programs and documents.
“In this case, this individual was a system administrator with access to key parts of the network,” he said. “That is of serious concern to us and something that we have to fix.” quotes the LATimes http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-snowden-nsa-secrets-thumb-drive-20130613,0,791040.story #NSA
WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contract employee Edward Snowden used a computer thumb drive to smuggle highly classified documents out of an NSA facility in Hawaii, using a portable digital device supposedly barred inside the cyber spying agency, U.S. officials said.
i'm glad he did what he did. if he hadn't obama would still be spying on Americans NOT muslims. oh wait, he's still spying on Americans.
That's the problem with network technology. Sysadmins need access to everything to do their jobs, and there are more open Sysadmin posts in government then there are high-level security clearances.
Finally the American press chimes in and it's about how there was a technical failure in government by letting the info be copied and leaked. How about government acting in a moral way so no one will ever feel the need to leak secret documents? No wonder he went to the Guardian first.
selormey get your head out of obamas nasty ass.
“That is of serious concern to us and something that we have to fix.”
Let me take a guess at how they're going to fix – some form of AI sysadmin replacement. Then they'll have a about 3 hours of back slapping congratulations before the system turns against them.