http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/24/intelligence-failure-us-command-kabul-warns-intell/
By Rowan Scarborough
The Washington Times
September 24, 2013
The Pentagon’s main battlefield intelligence network in Afghanistan is
vulnerable to hackers -- both the enemy or a leaker -- and the U.S.
command in Kabul will cut off from the military’s classified data files
unless the Army fixes the defects in 60 days, according to an official
memo obtained by The Washington Times.
The memo says the Army’s Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) flunked a
readiness test and does not confirm the source of outside Internet
addresses entering the classified database.
The Sept. 5 warning notice from the U.S. command in Kabul is another blow
to the intelligence network, commonly called “D-Sigs.” It already had
suffered a wave of bad news, such as soldiers panning its performance as
unreliable and the Pentagon’s top tester judging it as not operationally
effective.
The warning comes as the U.S. military is on heightened alert against
unlawful entry into classified computer networks, not only by the enemy
but also by "friendlies" such as Army Pvt. Bradley Manning and former
National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden. Both illegally
downloaded reams of classified data that got widespread dissemination in
the news media and, officials say, greatly damaged America’s security.
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