Pentagon training states that a person unhappy with U.S. foreign policy may be a ‘high threat’

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via Huffington Post

Madison Ruppert

According to Pentagon training materials, individuals working for federal agencies should consider their co-workers a potential “high threat” if they speak “openly of unhappiness with U.S. foreign policy,” regularly visit family overseas and experience money troubles.

The government’s so-called “Insider Threat Program” has been criticized for equating leakers, spies and terroristsand is aimed squarely at preventing future Edward Snowden or Bradley Manning-style leaks.

In a test created by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), a hypothetical Indian-American woman named “Hema” is considered a “high threat” simply for criticizing of U.S. policy, getting a car repossessed while at work and visiting her family twice a year, all of which are considered threat “indicators.”