‘Real News From The Blaze’: Espionage 101? Leaks of Classified Info on College Campuses Raise Concerns
- Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:18pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A recent Bloomberg News report reveals that according to U.S. State Department officials, a Georgia Institute of Technology course for federal employees and contractors has been identified as the source of a 2009 disclosure of sensitive information about U.S. weapons technology for American eyes only that was viewed by internet users for 15 days in 36 countries, including China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan.
The university media quality control supervisor Edward Bailey told investigators that when asked by an instructor to copy the course on infrared technology used in weapons-aiming systems, to DVD, he instead uploaded it to servers.
“I completely forgot the course’s access was restricted,” Bailey explained according to documents obtained from Georgia Tech by Bloomberg through a public-records request.
With dozens of universities around the country granted access to classified government research contracts, all of which are under the condition that the universities employ an “Americans only” research team, the Georgia Tech lapse raises questions about the security measures in place and enforced on campus. Bloomberg Reports:
Even as they enroll more graduate students from countries such as China and Iran, universities are conducting more research that is restricted to American citizens and permanent residents because of its national-security implications. Foreign governments are targeting universities to “obtain restricted information or products,” the FBI said in a 2011 report.
The breach in security at Georgia Tech is even more troubling considering recent reports from alarmed national security officials who say that there has been a resurgence of spying on U.S. universities. ‘Real News’ opened Monday discussing the Georgia Tech case and the protection of classified information on American campuses.
When analyzing the story, The Blaze’s National Security Editor Buck Sexton questioned whether universities have the reasonable capacity this day and age to secure the “gargantuan” amount of information that is deemed classified against the threats of espionage. Dr. Sebastian Gorka from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies joined the panel Monday and commented that breaches of classified information, like what happened at Georgia Tech in 2009, are unfortunately not uncommon. Dr. Gorka remarked that the problem is two-fold, with the openness to national security information across the board in the United States when compared to other nations, combined with more non-American eyes exposed to such classified coursework as universities recruit more international students and enemies abroad target such privileged information on campus.
“There seems to be no consequences for when the information gets into the wrong hands,” said Dr. Gorka. “That’s not how we should be doing things.”
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on May 2, 2012 at 6:39amUnbelievable how this nation has been compromised by stupidity from the top down. Is the government using idiot juice in our water supply? People dropping dead of heart attacks and other strange maladies and they are young…very interesting…
Report Post »way2confused
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:26pmFace it. If Obama had to go through a top secret security clearance screening, he would never get it. In fact, I seriously doubt he could get a “Confidential Clearance”
This worries me as he, because of his election is now privy to our most classified secrets. My question is this, can we trust him not to sell or divulge those secrets to our enemies once he is thrown out of office? The man has no integrity and I truly believe he will to “get back at us.”
Anyone disagree? Didn’t think so.
Report Post »elynane
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:41amJust saw this on real news and am reminded that if universities had an ISMS (Information Security Management System) that this would not be so much of an issue.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 2:30amI am still shocked that so many people will not take the time to read information like this or look into it and get off their butts and do something.
Report Post »4EVRAPATRIOT
Posted on May 1, 2012 at 12:45amexcuse me, but are you kidding? this was going on during clinton, people have their minds buried with their heads-watching movies, eating, enjoying whatever makes them happy they do not care about what happens until it is too late. THEY DO NOT CARE, IT IS A HAND TO MOUTH MENTALITY!
Report Post »AnAmericanToo
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:37pmThis problem has been going on for DECADES. In the 1920s and 1930s aliens were invited to US universities for their Marxist leaning ideas. After WWII lots of people of questionable backgrounds were invited to American universities as students and faculty members. In the 1960s there was yet another push to bring into the USA more aliens with Marxist ideal — anyone who has listened to Becks’ TV program would have a good understanding of this targeted group to come to the USA and Canada. In 1990 Senator Ted Kennedy pushed for the H-1B visa which was to be a pilot program but became permanent. The H-1B visa is the next step for the F-1 Foreign Student visa to grab onto. BOTH the H-1B and F-1 Visas allow alien students with NO LOYALTY to the USA to study science, engineering, computer science and where is cutting edge research in the USA being conducted? That would be universities which also have ties to major US national research centers. A few years back Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico (known as a nuclear lab) had over 125 H-1B visa holders. (Who runs LANL? University of California)
One Native American young man won an academic scholarship to study computer science at a major university. Went to register for classes, ALL of the entry level computer classes were filled with foreign students who had been given early enrollment. (SPECIAL treatment) American was told to enroll as a business major. I told parents to transfer their son to a better college
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:56pmLet the truth be told and let the criminals be punished
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:54pmWell when governments around the world do not see borders, but populations to control, this is to be expected; global free trade of information.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 9:54pmOh brother why not just give it to our enemies then, as Obama does openly.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 30, 2012 at 11:19pmWhy do you think that it is unrelated?
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