Fire suspected leakers and strip their pensions
What the document says“The ODNI and CIA should fire or refer for prosecution any employee who is suspected of leaking information, and penalties should include the removal of pension benefits”
The penalty applies to those found guilty. The chapter also asks that staff under investigation not be allowed to retire before internal investigations are complete, and that the Justice Department use all its tools to investigate leaks.
What the document actually says“The ODNI and CIA should fire or refer for prosecution any employee who is suspected of leaking information, and penalties should include the removal of pension benefits”
Anyone thought to be leaking should be fired or charged. Those found guilty should lose their pension.
A leak is when a worker gives secrets to the press. The book says anyone suspected should be fired. Those proved guilty would lose their pension too.
Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
2025-01-20 · 90 FR 8481
The memorandum of January 20, 2025 names unauthorized disclosure of executive branch deliberations first among the conduct for which career Senior Executive Service officials should be held accountable, and directs any agency head who becomes aware of such an official to take all appropriate actions, up to and including removal. That answers the firing half of the proposal for senior career officials government wide. It reaches only the Senior Executive Service, not the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Central Intelligence Agency workforces the chapter names, it concerns disclosure of deliberations rather than of classified information, and it carries none of the rest: no referral for prosecution, no removal of pension benefits, and no bar on retiring while an investigation is open.
The memo lists leaks of inside talks first among the acts senior career staff answer for. Agency heads must act, up to firing. That answers the firing half for senior staff. But it reaches only senior staff, not the spy agencies the book names. It says nothing about charges or pensions. Nor does it bar a retirement while a probe is open.