Bradley Manning hearing told of lax security at military intelligence unit

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Security at the military unit in Iraq where alleged WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning worked was so lax that soldiers could watch pirated movies on army intelligence computers, it has been revealed.

Speaking on day three of the preliminary hearing regarding Private Manning, a senior officer in his "sensitive compartmented information facility" (SCIF)said it was common for analysts to bring in DVDs bought from Iraqis.

They also stored music and played games on computers used for handling classified information.

The disclosure, by Captain Casey Fulton, is the latest to indicate loose controls within the unit where Manning, 24, served as an intelligence analyst.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/18/bradley-manning-wikileaks-hearing

[Johnson20]

1. No sh** Sherlock! And the point and relavance to the hearning is??? n/t

[w4rma]

2. I don't understand why you think that lax security should be normalized. (nt)

[Johnson20]

3. I don't.

I just think that the fact that someone was able to steal/download thousands of classified documents makes lax security at that facility fairly self evident. My hypothetical view is this: If you find the vault of a bank open and no one guarding it and you take $10000, would that not be stealing? To me the lack of adequate security in no way mitigates the stealing.