04-12-2010, 03:09 AM
From: allstaff@nist.gov [allstaff@nist.gov] On Behalf Of Broadcast, DOC [broadcast@doc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:11 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Guidance regarding WikiLeaks
To: All Commerce Employees and Contractors
Recent reports indicate that a number of government documents have been
posted on the WikiLeaks website. These documents may or may not contain
information that is considered National Security Information (classified
information) and as such, the information is NOT authorized for
downloading, viewing, printing, processing, copying, or transmitting via
non-classified Government-issued computers, laptops, blackberries, or
other communication devices and is not an authorized use of DOC IT
equipment. Doing so would introduce potentially classified information
onto our unclassified networks and represent a potential security
incident.
There has been a rumor that the information is no longer classified since
it resides in the public domain. This is NOT true. Executive Order
13526, Section I.1(4)(2) states "Classified Information shall not be
declassified automatically as a result of any unauthorized disclosure of
identical or similar information." The information was neither properly
nor improperly "declassified" by the appropriate authority and requires
continued classification or reclassification.
Please do not attempt to access any of the WikiLeaks documents via the
WikiLeaks website or through other websites hosting those documents
because these documents may contain classified information. Accessing the
WikiLeaks documents will lead to sanitization of your PC to remove any
potentially classified information from the system and result in possible
data loss.
If you have questions regarding this broadcast or have accessed the
WikiLeaks documents, please contact the DOC Computer Incident Response
Team at email doc-cirt@doc.gov or call (202) 482-4000.
________________________________________________________________
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Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:11 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Guidance regarding WikiLeaks
To: All Commerce Employees and Contractors
Recent reports indicate that a number of government documents have been
posted on the WikiLeaks website. These documents may or may not contain
information that is considered National Security Information (classified
information) and as such, the information is NOT authorized for
downloading, viewing, printing, processing, copying, or transmitting via
non-classified Government-issued computers, laptops, blackberries, or
other communication devices and is not an authorized use of DOC IT
equipment. Doing so would introduce potentially classified information
onto our unclassified networks and represent a potential security
incident.
There has been a rumor that the information is no longer classified since
it resides in the public domain. This is NOT true. Executive Order
13526, Section I.1(4)(2) states "Classified Information shall not be
declassified automatically as a result of any unauthorized disclosure of
identical or similar information." The information was neither properly
nor improperly "declassified" by the appropriate authority and requires
continued classification or reclassification.
Please do not attempt to access any of the WikiLeaks documents via the
WikiLeaks website or through other websites hosting those documents
because these documents may contain classified information. Accessing the
WikiLeaks documents will lead to sanitization of your PC to remove any
potentially classified information from the system and result in possible
data loss.
If you have questions regarding this broadcast or have accessed the
WikiLeaks documents, please contact the DOC Computer Incident Response
Team at email doc-cirt@doc.gov or call (202) 482-4000.
________________________________________________________________
This message was authorized by the Office of Secretary OSY/OCIO.
http://cryptome.org/0003/doc-bans-wl.htm
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