Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/
** WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE?
** WIKILEAKS: GIVING LEAKS A BAD NAME
** HUGE COMMERCIAL SAT IMAGERY CONTRACTS AWARDED
** ODNI ADVISORS ON BIO SCIENCES KEEP LOW PROFILE
** REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN US REMAIN “OBSCURE”
WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE?
Could someone be considered an intelligence community employee even if his salary is not paid out of the intelligence budget? Intelligence officials say yes, claiming that a person's status as an intelligence employee can be based on an “assessment of the functions [he] performs.” This novel approach conveniently allows agencies to curtail oversight of such employees' activities.
In a letter sent to the Government Accountability Office last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation articulated its position that the GAO is generally not entitled to review intelligence community information and, in particular, that the GAO would not be granted access to information about vacancies in the FBI counterterrorism program that could be considered intelligence jobs.
