Intelligence chief moves to stop insider leaks

Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper announced Monday that his office is taking two immediate steps to stop potential employees with security clearances from leaking unauthorized national security information.

Clapper is “mandating that a question related to unauthorized disclosure of classified information be added to the counterintelligence polygraph used by all intelligence agencies that administer the examination (CIA, DIA, DOE, FBI, NGA, NRO, and NSA),” a press release from his office stated. And two, he is requesting that the Intelligence Community Inspector General “lead independent investigations of selected unauthorized disclosure cases when prosecution is declined by the Department of Justice.”