Today, up to 90% of secure government facilities rely on little more than the honor system and self-reporting to keep unauthorized wireless devices — mobile phones, smartwatches, rogue transmitters — out of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), Special Access Program Facilities (SAPFs), and other high-security zones. Take the case of Asif W. Rahman, a former CIA analyst who held a top-secret security clearance and was recently sentenced to three years in federal prison for photographing classified information and transmitting it to unauthorized recipients, who then posted the material to social media. We need to hold bad actors accountable — not retrospectively or as part of a congressional committee hearing but by making sure they never have the opportunity to compromise the integrity of national security in the first place.
Author: RealClearWire
Published at: 2025-07-13 19:57:21
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