My experience of potential breaches of government records in high profile cases.

[Hamlette]

E-mails from the legal department go out. And they are nasty.

If a high profile case/person hits the news, legal sends an email to everyone (even contractors) saying: there is a tracker on this file, if you access it you will be subject to discipline up to and including discharge.

If anyone does it after that, another email goes out telling everyone that someone got fired for accessing the files and they will to if they do it.

You'd think they would have done it here.

Unless there is a coverup.

Things that make you go...hummmmmm.

[kentuck]

1. But reportedly, these contractors created the system?

You would think they would know it would set off an alarm if they created the program that set off the alarm??

[JimiJonga]

2. This is the USA

The war in Iraq, 4000 dead soldiers, unenforced immigration laws costing billions, leaking CIA operatives cover (Valeri was 'looking' for WMD so it was a lark mission anyway), a trillion dollar deficit, and trashing the economy... Oh, and a CRAP job catching the 911 hijackers before they hit.

This is a .01 out of a possible 10

:beer:

[Hamlette]

3. they should have known, even if they didn't design the system

we tell everyone in our office that they are tracked on the system 100% of the time. We tell all contractors the same thing. If there is a breach it is taken directly to head of the department. Every time.

A lot has to do with the honesty of the department & division heads and the legal department.

You get crooks in there, and a less than diligent legal department (or a legal department that agrees to look the other way) and shit happens.