Members of the US Congress have proposed reducing the pensions of senior officials and the country’s presidents, as well as fining them and denying them access for careless use of confidential data. This was reported by the TV channel. GIS.
House of Representatives Democrat Mike Quigley and Illinois Republican Darin Lahoud said in an interview with a TV station that US law has loopholes regarding documents. It also means punishment only in case of criminal violations.
The authors of the initiative believe that such behavior cannot be justified.
“Anyone who deals with these documents knows how important it is to preserve them. They’ve all been trained,” Quigley said.
Lahoud added that fines for document problems under the proposals could be up to $500,000 per case.
Jack Douglas Teixeira, an employee of the US National Guard, who was previously accused of leaking Pentagon data to the New York Times, threaten “decades” in prison.