FBI Says It Is Fixing Security Problems

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The FBI says it learned a lot from spy Robert Hanssen and is moving aggressively to fix security weaknesses and ensure the integrity of its employees, two of the major problems found by a Justice Department inspector general probe of the case.

FBI Director Robert Mueller said the agency is putting together a much more centralized counterintelligence oversight system, improving controls on sensitive information and setting up a single office to expose any internal "moles" in the bureau.

Yet the report by agency Inspector General Glenn A. Fine warns that ongoing security flaws -- such as an inability of agents to immediately know if someone reads their sensitive computer files -- make the bureau vulnerable.

"We believe that what is needed at the FBI is a wholesale change in mind-set and approach to internal security," the report said. "The defects in the FBI's security program were the product of decades of neglect."

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-fbi-hanssen-investigation,0,6554140.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[htuttle]

1. Glad they're finally getting around to that...

...after all the more important issues have been taken care of, like:
-- prostitution in New Orleans
-- bongs by mail
-- assisted suicide in the Northwest
-- medical pot in California
-- the adult film industry in California

and oh, that's right:
-- covering up those shocking metal breasts at the Justice Department.

One of these days, I'm sure they'll make their way down their list to finding the anthrax killer, investigating the 9/11 put options, and finding some people who can speak Arabic to hire as translators...as long as they are not gay...

Let that Eagle Soar, John!
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