All #military service members, civilian employees & contract workers within the office of the #defense secretary & the Joint Staff [#JCS], estimated to be >5,000 personnel, would be required to sign a #NDA that “prohibits the release of non-public information without approval or through a defined process,” acc/to a draft memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg.
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A separate document also from Feinberg would establish a program to randomly #polygraph those ofcls. The documents do not prescribe a limit on who would be subjected to these #NDAs & tests, suggesting it could include everyone from four-star generals to administrative assistants.
The efforts are part of a wider strategy by the #Trump admin & the #Pentagon to ferret out ofcls deemed insufficiently #loyal or who provide info to reporters.
Former officials & #NationalSecurity lawyers pointed to ALREADY EXISTING restrictions & penalties for unauthorized release of information, indicating these new measures were meant to further #frighten & deter personnel.
“This seems to be far more directed at ensuring loyalty to #DOD & the #Trump administration leadership rather than countering any foreign espionage,” said Mark Zaid, a lawyer who has represented multiple #whistleblowers & govt ofcls targeted by the Trump admin.
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