HANDRAHAN: Executive branch porn problem

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/10/executive-branch-porn-problem/

By Lori Handrahan
The Washington Times
August 10, 2012

Allen W. Dulles, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency 
(CIA) wrote in “The Craft of Intelligence,” “sex and hard-headed 
intelligence operations rarely mix well.” Perhaps the boys at the 
Pentagon need a refresher course.

This past week, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency warned its staff 
not to view porn on U.S. government computers. The Pentagon also 
released a report on April’s Secret Service Colombian scandal. The two 
are connected.

In April, I said the Colombian scandal exposed a national security 
problem, the epidemic of U.S. government employees viewing porn — child 
porn — on government networks. I suggested readers type “Transportation 
Security Administration,” “U.S. State Department,” “Pentagon,” 
“Immigration and Customs Enforcement” and “child porn” into Google’s 
search field to understand the scope. I neglected to include “Missile 
Defense Agency.”

Bloomberg quotes a cybersecurity expert saying the Missile Defense 
Agency’s use of porn is concerning because “many pornographic websites 
are infected and criminals and foreign intelligence services such as 
Russia’s use them to gain access and harvest data.”

The only possible response is: Duh.

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