Missile defense staff warned to stop surfing porn sites

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Missile defense staff warned to stop surfing porn sites

I imagine the day can be sort of dull when you’re working in a missile defense installation. Unless you’re running a test or simulation to keep your skills in check, you’re just kind of sitting around, waiting for shit to hit the fan. That leaves a lot of time to surf porn sites on the internet. But the US military is telling defense staff to knock that shit off.

In a one-page memo, Executive Director John James Jr. wrote that in recent months government employees and contractors were detected “engaging in inappropriate use of the MDA network.”

“Specifically, there have been instances of employees and contractors accessing websites, or transmitting messages, containing pornographic or sexually explicit images,” James wrote in the July 27 memo obtained by Bloomberg News.

“These actions are not only unprofessional, they reflect time taken away from designated duties, are in clear violation of federal and DoD and regulations, consume network resources and can compromise the security of the network though the introduction of malware or malicious code,” he wrote.

Individuals identified as violating the rules face referral for “appropriate” disciplinary action, he wrote. They put “their security clearances in jeopardy, and are subject to suspension and removal from federal service or MDA sponsored contracts.”

Agency spokesman Rick Lehner said in an e-mail that the memo was written in response to “a few people downloading material from some websites that were known to have had virus and malware issues.”

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