The White House issued an executive order implementing changes within government to better protect against insider threats. The order follows a seven-month review surrounding the handling of classified information, prompted by the disclosure of classified U.S. diplomatic cables by whistleblower site WikiLeaks. The order states that individual government agencies "bear the primary responsibility" for ensuring that classified information is safeguarded. It also creates a task force to develop a government-wide program to detect and prevent insider threats, and reduce vulnerabilities through which secret data can be compromised.
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