Pentagon leak was decades in the making
by Peter Beaumont from US news | The Guardian on (#6ASTW)
Computer network was designed for use by much smaller number of people amid questions over amount of classified material on the system
The US Department of Defense is moving to tighten rules over who is allowed to access the most sensitive intelligence, amid mounting criticism of the Pentagon's policies for access to sensitive material in the wake of the leak of hundreds of highly classified documents.
The US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, who has been convening daily meetings to manage the fallout from the leak, ordered a review of intelligence access, accountability and control procedures ... to prevent this kind of incident from happening again".
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