A Review of FBI Security Programs

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detect habitual violators. Currently, several components play uncoordinated roles in detecting, investigating, and assessing security violations; no single entity has authority to coordinate, track, and oversee security violations and enforce compliance. A central authority responsible for coordinating security issues among all FBI entities, with the authority to rescind security clearances, will create a powerful incentive for employees to comply with good security practices. A database should be developed so that patterns of security violations by individuals or components can be detected. I. FBI Policy Manuals Should Require Security Coordination To bolster this central security authority, manuals addressing physical security violations should be updated and reconciled. The manuals should require that suspected, possible, and actual losses and compromises of classified information be reported to appropriate components. The manuals should explain categories of security violations and levels of punishment and specify how the Bureau components that respond to possible security violations should coordinate their efforts. SECURITY STRUCTURE I. FBI Security Programs Should Be Integrated In An Office Of Security That Reports To The Director The Bureau’s security programs are weak and fragmented. The Bureau should restructure an integrated security program within an independent Office of Security, reporting to the Director. All security functions should be consolidated within that Office, including security policy making. Security policies should be reviewed and implemented through a senior executive security policy board, chaired by the head of the Office, that includes DOJ’s Security Officer. -32-
II. The Office of Security Should Develop A Professional Security Staff Through Enhanced Selection, Retention, And Training Programs The FBI does not have a professional security staff or a career-enhancing training program for security specialists. In addition to developing and training a security staff, the Bureau should introduce professional career tracks for security professionals and for information technology security specialists. III. The Office Of Security Should Implement Comprehensive Employee Security Education And Awareness Programs The Office should maintain a full-time professional training staff to develop and implement security education and awareness programs for all employees. The staff should disseminate information on security responsibilities and create user-friendly computer sites for security information. Security should be an integral part of the curriculum at the FBI Academy. The Office of Security and the Information Resources Division should jointly develop training programs in information-system security. Mandatory executive management training programs should be conducted. Compliance with security policies and programs should be a component of annual performance appraisals of all managers and Security Officers. IV. The Office Of Security Should Develop A Centralized Security Violation Reporting Program The FBI’s review of security violations is fragmented and inadequate. The Bureau should develop a reporting program, which describes security violations and establishes clear procedures for investigating security violations. The program should be accompanied by recurring notice to employees and recurring security education. The program should require -33-
Page 1 and 2: U.S. Department of Justice A Review
Page 3 and 4: Commission for the Review of FBI Se
Page 5 and 6: Contents Executive Summary ........
Page 7 and 8: The Commission for the Review of FB
Page 9 and 10: in FBI security programs that will
Page 11 and 12: Unlike other Intelligence Community
Page 13 and 14: INTRODUCTION I could have been a de
Page 15 and 16: un by an officer in the Soviet mili
Page 17 and 18: establishment, U.S. penetration of
Page 19 and 20: operatives he had exposed as double
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Page 23 and 24: een transferred to FBI Headquarters
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Page 29 and 30: others.” In calling for the estab
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Page 35 and 36: I. Security Investigations And Adju
Page 37 and 38: DOCUMENT SECURITY I. Classified Na
Page 39: of Central Intelligence Directives
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Page 45 and 46: Robert Hanssen’s espionage demons
Page 47 and 48: een filled, the persons assigned of
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Page 51 and 52: FBI was investigating him. 13 While
Page 53 and 54: focus. 14 As a result of inadequate
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Page 57 and 58: On October 3, 2001, an Electronic C
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Page 61 and 62: percent of the amount sought. 16 Th
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Page 75 and 76: addressed. These interviews are ess
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Page 79 and 80: overextended and potentially at ris
Page 81 and 82: The FBI’s polygraph program was i
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Given the ubiquity of ACS, Headquar
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(SCI). Before being given access to
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eceived in the wake of recent terro
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under minimum security controls. Th
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carriers receive timely security cl
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with the true scope of improper act
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SECURITY STRUCTURE . . . [I]f I had
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In general, we found serious weakne
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executive will ensure constant focu
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technical security countermeasures.
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Eighty-five percent of those office
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months training in investigations,
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accounts cancelled. A six-hour secu
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Unfortunately, reporting to securit
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security violations should be subje
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and training. -106-
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Robert Hanssen’s treachery is hei
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Glossary of Acronyms Acronym ACS AD
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Acronym GSR HERU HIT HCS HQ HUMINT
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Acronym OPM OPR OPSEC ORCON OSI OST
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COMMISSION CHARTER
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time equivalent government personne
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WILLIAM H. WEBSTER, the Commission
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