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Director of Intelligence (oxymoron) Clapper - spies may not talk to press
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:02 am
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:02 am
The nation’s top spy has prohibited all of his spies from talking with reporters about “intelligence-related information” unless officially authorized to speak. Intelligence Community Directive 119, signed by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper last month and made public Monday in a report by Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, threatens to reduce the flow of information from the national security establishment to the press — and hence the public
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Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:04 am to Alahunter
Why would spies talk to the press?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:10 am to Alahunter
Sounds fine to me. There are many industries where employees have to sign non-disclosures.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:15 am to Alahunter
If they talked to the press they wouldn't be very good spies would they?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:15 am to GeauxxxTigers23
kinda what I was thinking. But hey.. I'm no director of intelligence or anything. What do I know? 
Posted on 4/22/14 at 11:16 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 4/22/14 at 12:44 pm to Alahunter
Should've been standard policy anyway. There will always be leaks however.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:01 pm to Alahunter
fyi...Government Intelligence is an oxymoron. Director of Intelligence is just a job title.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:07 pm to Alahunter
Spies talking to the press should be shot.
Right?
Right?
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:10 pm to Alahunter
In other words, the higher ups will control what is leaked.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:24 pm to Rohan2Reed
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There are many industries where employees have to sign non-disclosures
Government isn't an industry. Customers can choose to not do business w/ an industry that has questionable practices.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 1:29 pm to Alahunter
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The nation’s top spy has prohibited all of his spies from talking with reporters
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