You simply cannot make this shit up. (ref: Obama admin / WikiLeaks)

[FLAprogressive]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/05restrict.html?_r=1

WASHINGTON — In a classic case of shutting the barn door after the horse has left, the Obama administration and the Department of Defense have ordered the hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors not to view the secret cables and other classified documents published by Wikileaks and news organizations around the world unless the workers have the required security clearance or authorization.

“Classified information, whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to the media, remains classified, and must be treated as such by federal employees and contractors, until it is declassified by an appropriate U.S. Government authority,” said the notice sent on Friday afternoon by the Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, to agency and department heads, urging them to distribute it to their staff.

The directive applies to both government computers and private devices that employees or contractors might have, as long as they are accessing the documents on nonclassified government networks.

Denial certainly isn't a river in Egypt.

[readmoreoften]

1. They can't know that the contractors they're budgeting for procure children for dignitaries.

Heavens to betsy. Can't have that.

[Bobbieo]

4. Yup - those Afghan warlords have to have their 'dancing boys'.Part

of their culture, ya know.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. Not actually as deranged as it seems.

"as long as they are accessing the documents on nonclassified government networks."

Which means they're free to browse them from home.

Although one questions the usefulness of such move.

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. No, that means as long as they have the proper clearance and they are accessing them

on secure government networks, it's ok, otherwise it's not ok to access them.

[subsuelo]

3. I wonder how the Bush admin would have reacted to Wikileaks.

Hmm, let me think.

Ok I have the answer.

Exactly the same.

[KansDem]

5. This sounds like a faculty member I used to work with...

He was in the military and told about a job he had destroying official documents. He had to make copies of the documents before he destroyed them so he'd have a record of what he destroyed!!

:rofl:

I don't know, maybe he was pulling my leg...

[lame54]

16. That sounds very real to me

[Taverner]

6. Its almost as if they're begging them to look

If I were a working dude in the US Govt, and I saw this story, I would seek OUT Wikileaks on my free time.

Seriously...many will do that

[TheMadMonk]

9. Wouldn't suprise me if they were. To weed out independent thinkers...

...who might make value judgements about what passes before their eyes and "join in on the fun".

[peacetalksforall]

7. Help please - are there classified documents in the leaks - they talk about it, but

I haven't read that there are some - or were the August leaks classified. It's a litte too late for them.

Has there been a statement from the readers about the per cent of documents that are classified in this December release?

[Catherina]

10. 11,000 out of over 250,000 are classified secret. The rest unclassified and confidential n/t

[martymar64]

8. Don't look Ethel!!!

[BadgerKid]

11. Too late!!!

[Canuckistanian]

14. LOL

I remember that.

[Toucano]

12. Okay so you, me and the Taliban will know more than federal employees and contractors.

That's an EXCELLENT plan.

ASTONISHINGLY good plan.


Keep the feds blindfolded.

[lame54]

17. Nothin' but the best from this administration...

:puke:

[ThoughtCriminal]

15. and tell the firemen not to look at the flames.

the police not to look at the crime scene and don't read that memo you just wrote.