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Two months after promising a new era of transparency at the nation's intelligence agencies, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has slammed the door on media access with a sweeping new order last month that bans nearly all unauthorized contact with reporters.The intelligence community directive Clapper issued on March 20 applies to all "contact with the media about intelligence-related information, including intelligence sources, methods, activities, and judgments," regardless of whether they are classified. Violations will be handled at a minimum as a security violation and may be referred to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution, according to the memo.
The directive states that its purpose is "to mitigate risks of unauthorized disclosures of intelligence-related matters." Covered agencies include the CIA and National Security Agency.
Clapper quietly issued the directive last month in a move first reported Monday on the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News website.
The nation's leading newspaper trade group said the directive appears to be a worrying end-run around Congress, where controversial efforts to pass a similar banwere dropped in 2012.
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Well so much for bringing that new era of "transparency to our intelligence services" :roll: Clapper should of gotten the boot or resigned a long time ago for essentially lying under oath. Time for you to go bud.