DHS Set to “Fully” Establish Post-Wikileaks Employee Surveillance Program, “Insider Threat,” By Year’s End
An internal surveillance program established in the wake of Wikileaks’ Cablegate publications is set to be “fully operational” throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by the start of 2017. Department classified computer networks that share information with 23 other federal agencies will soon be equipped with “monitoring technology,” according to Congressional testimony given Wednesday by DHS officials and a US Coast Guard (USCG) Rear Admiral. The “Insider Threat” program had been mandated across all federal agencies “that operate or access classified computer networks” by President…