Information security

In Wake Of Manning, DOD Still Needs To Strengthen Management, Guidance To Protect Classified Information

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit report released this week disclosed the Defense Department (DOD) has a mixed record of instituting numerous reforms that were ordered by President Obama after Pfc. Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Bradley Manning, leaked one of the largest caches of classified documents in US history, according to Ashden Fein, who prosecuted Manning, who is now serving 35 years in prison. 

The prosecution of Manning for the unlawful disclosure of classified information to WikiLeaks was the largest national security and cybercrime investigation and prosecution in the history of the US Army.