The Air Force says it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information.
FILE - Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall speaks during a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 2, 2023. The Air Force said Monday, May 22, that it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information. Kendall told reporters that the Air Force needs to better enforce the rules that govern access to classified information based on whether someone with the correct security clearance also has a need to know the information.
Justice Department lawyers last week said superiors voiced concerns on multiple occasions about Air Guard member Jack Teixeira's handling of highly classified information. They laid out the issue in court papers urging a magistrate judge to keep Teixeira behind bars while he awaits trial in the case stemming from the most consequential intelligence leak in years.
He said there are ways to tweak digital systems so when classified information is put online not everyone with proper clearance on that system automatically gets access to it.
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