DHS Employees Warned Not To Leak ‘Nonpublic Information’ Or Else

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill May 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialows... US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill May 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Department of Homeland Security employees were warned in an email Thursday not to leak any “nonpublic information” or else face “criminal, civil or administrative consequences,” according to a Buzzfeed News report.

“As federal employees, we serve the public, and our loyalties must prioritize that purpose above all others. A violation of the public trust might arise, for example, if DHS personnel disclose nonpublic information or use it for their own personal benefit, such as for monetary gain, or for the private gain of others,” wrote Chip Fulghum, deputy under secretary for management.

The “nonpublic information” would include “you know or should have known has not been made available to the general public, is designated as confidential and would not be made public even upon a request.”

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  1. In other words, embarrass tRump or the GOP and you’ll be prosecuted.

  2. Gosh…I’m sure THAT’ll stop the leaks! Treat them like children, threaten them and act like a criminal enterprise. Oh yeah.

  3. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    Department of Homeland Security employees to be waterboarded in Guantanamo ?
    … at least they would get some time off in the Caribbean

  4. DHS threatens to criminalize the leaking of crimes against humanity.

  5. So the message is to wait until someone is either retiring or moving to another job the next day and then have them leak the information that the public really should know. Got it.

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