cnn: FBI limiting access to secrets
The FBI is subjecting itself to increased secrecy and scrutiny, according to CNN.
Over the last six months, the FBI has reduced by hundreds the number of employees who have access to what is called Sensitive Compartmented Information, data even more sensitive than top secret intelligence.At times roughly half the FBI’s 28,000 employees held SCI clearance before the number was reduced. Officials said the new, lower figure is classified, but only employees who need to know such information for their immediate jobs now hold the high-level clearance, officials said.
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FBI officials said they have conducted more than 700 polygraph tests of FBI agents and workers with access to the most sensitive information and have identified a small number whose tests raised red flags, such as possible deception, that warranted additional scrutiny.
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FBI officials said a key focus will be on a multiyear project to craft new computer systems that will detect suspicious activity as it occurs rather than years later.
The goal eventually is to provide FBI supervisors with regular reports “that say these are 10 things that happened last night that you ought to look into that are causes of some concern,” Senser said.