The Defense Department is creating a system designed to expose potential “insider threats” by monitoring national security personnel, Nextgov reports. The Pentagon is hiring a team of “cross-functional experts” who are trained in cybersecurity, privacy, law enforcement, intelligence, and psychology to help discover potential traitors. The DOD Component Insider Threat Records System will also examine employees’ social media posts, and their digital work habits, while also incorporating keystroke tracking, screen captures and email. Civil liberties advocates are voicing their opposition to the system, saying the constant surveillance will stop whistleblowers from coming forward. “When you read the insider threat material, what they view as a threat is somebody reporting information about government activity to the press, which is, in a democratic society, not only important but necessary,” said FBI veteran Michael German.
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