-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- G-man Take a Leak More money for the Great Satan. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Monday to crack down on leaks and security breaches by government agencies and boost allocations for the National Security Agency. A bill authorizing money for U.S. intelligence programs for the 2001 budget year, which began Sunday, would make it a felony for government officials to release any classified information, not just that involving nuclear weapons or defense secrets. The bill, approved on a voice vote, also will require the State Department to certify that its employees comply with regulations covering the handling of classified information. The department has been embarrassed by a series of lapses, including the theft from within the building of a laptop computer holding top-secret files. Despite a reward offer, the computer has not been found. ``We must make it clear to individuals who handle classified material that we are serious about enforcing security rules,'' said Sen. Richard Bryan, a Nevada Democrat who is vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The amount of money in the bill was not disclosed, but committee aides said the legislation includes a boost in funding to modernize the problem-plagued National Security Agency. Earlier this year, the NSA's communication network went deaf for three days. The agency, based in Fort Meade, Md., has been fending off published allegations that it was engaged in illegal snooping into e-mail messages of Americans and others. The legislation also sets up a board to advise the president on decisions to declassify intelligence material. The House already passed its version of the legislation. A House-Senate conference committee will work out differences between the two bills. Associated Press, October 3, 2000 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
