tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7429245148740947314..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Mother LodeGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-63775938041203528262015-06-10T09:14:32.299-04:002015-06-10T09:14:32.299-04:00Hunh. Since SwampMan and I have both worked as Fed...Hunh. Since SwampMan and I have both worked as Federal contractors in the past (once, before we decided it was too much of a pain in the butt), I suppose our records were in there somewhere, as were those of all of our employees at the time. I also worked for a governmental department for a short period of time as an employee before I decided it was too big of a pain in the butt, too. I wonder if my assessment of the governmental department that I worked for is in there someplace (a CF of incompetence orders of magnitude above any in which I had come across outside the government). SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-71413494022377444212015-06-09T11:24:20.110-04:002015-06-09T11:24:20.110-04:00"The inspector general at the Office of Perso...<i>"The inspector general at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which keeps the records and security-clearance information for millions of current and retired federal employees..."</i><br /><br />This is understating it significantly. I keep reading headlines and ledes claiming that this is affecting "Federal employees" as if to say that it is only affecting Federal employees or Federal retirees. <br /><br />That simply is not true.<br /><br />OPM handles the background investigations for Federal employees and for government contractors as well. So if you've worked as a government contractor and never as a government employee and either had a periodic re-investigation or an initial clearance performed then most likely your records were part of the haul the Chinese just made off with. I saw someone on "background" say that they think that everyone who has held a clearance since 1982 was included in the records that China extracted.<br /><br />So the scope of this is far beyond <i>"Four million Federal employees and retirees"</i> you are dealing now with not only cleared Federal personnel but also the contractors that support them. <br /><br />...in Langley<br />...at the Pentagon<br />...at every US Military base worldwide<br />...CIA<br />...NSA<br />...DIA<br />...NGA<br />...ODNI<br />...ONI<br />...Dept of State<br />...Dept of Energy<br /><br />This is a massive breach - a debacle on every level...The CI implications are staggering and woefully under-reported...Mick Krauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258821621434463192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-17808986981162972032015-06-08T15:37:17.594-04:002015-06-08T15:37:17.594-04:00
Think about what might happen to a federal inves...<br /><br />Think about what might happen to a federal investigator who is on the trail of a Chinese spy. He might find his personal information suddenly used to destroy his credit, empty his bank account, repo his car and house, etc. Distracting, yes?<br /><br />We may as well dismiss the entire NSA and CIA and start over again.<br />Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039999711990701720noreply@blogger.com