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26 March 1999. Thanks to Dan Dupont. 



Inside the Pentagon,  March 25, 1999 

Cohen: attestation process has become a 'nuisance' 

HAMRE, STAFF ARE FIRST TO TAKE NEW PLEDGE
OF COMMITMENT TO SECRECY 

Daniel G. Dupont 

Continuing a string of initiatives designed to improve the security of
military information, Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre and 10
members of his staff last week became the first in the Pentagon to
make an "oral attestation" of their commitment to the terms and
conditions of their security clearances. 

The new demand for an oral attestation, in addition to the current
mandate for a written pledge of commitment, adds to the growing number
of requirements for gaining access to the military's highest secrets
as the national security establishment grows warier of leaks and
insufficient information protection. 

[...]

The new policy springs from a belief held by Hamre and others that the
security of military information is more vulnerable than ever. Last
year Hamre instituted new rules governing the types of information
that can be released to the public via Internet sites, creating a new
layer of secrecy that labels some unclassified information available
in paper form more dangerous when it is accessible electronically
(Inside the Pentagon, Oct. 1, 1998, p1). 

[...]

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