国会记录：2000年10月17日（延期）
Page E1808.关于H.R. 4205，Floyd D. Spence 2001财政年度______汉语致辞的国家国防授权法案。阿拉巴马州阿拉巴马州的鲍勃·莱利于2000年10月11日星期三莱利先生。演讲者先生，去年的国防拨款法案（FY 00）载有1000万美元，以提高储存国防部持有的储存类别材料的保障措施。深刻遗憾的是，我必须报告五角大楼拒绝发布于2000年9月30日到期的这些基金。助理辩护秘书，控制，沟通和信息，亚瑟金钱，送我和一些其他房屋和参议院会员一封信，就五角大楼选择忽视国会的方向。扬声器先生，超出了克林顿/戈尔管理局藐视法律的事实，他们的理由不遵守联邦安全标准是令人不安的，而他们的基础毫无根据的是。首先，在成本问题上，国防部声称，通过用符合最低联邦安全标准（FFL-2740A）的电子锁更换旧弱势机械锁来升级承包商控制的现有安全容器将是成本持久的。联合安全委员会的引用报告II网站来自五个承包商的行业估计，这些承包商是基于电子锁的批量零售价，这是普遍称为“X07”或“X08”锁定的，而不是批发价将是此升级计划中锁的价格。这不是第一次努力抵制实施方案的成本。 In 1993, DOD grossly overestimated the cost of upgrading its own mechanical locks at $500 million, but the internal upgrade only actually cost $59 million. Based on the number of classified containers held by defense contractors, a lock upgrade program would cost between $45 million and $60 million, depending upon how the program was managed. Secondly, on the issue of threat Mr. Speaker, the physical security threat to classified materials that exists with these 1950's vintage mechanical locks cannot be overstated. The threat is why the GSA established a federal standard in 1989 that requires locks on secure containers to withstand an attempt of twenty man-hours of surreptitious entry. Currently, an "insider'' or foreign agent with readily available technology can determine the combination of a mechanical lock in a matter of minutes. Since this "safe cracking'' can be done without detection on a mechanical lock, no one would ever know that an "insider'' possessed the combination to access classified information including sensitive computer hard drives, laptops and access codes. To combat this problem, all new secure containers are fitted with the X08 lock (the only lock that meets the federal standard), but there are still thousands of mechanical lock containers and, worse yet, bar- locked file cabinets that are being used by contractors to protect our nation's classified information. Until all existing secure containers are upgraded with modern electronic locks, gaping security lapses will continue. No perimeter security apparatus involving guns, gates, guards, alarms, check points and other physical security barriers will protect against the "insider'' threat to antiquated mechanical locks. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has identified 27 foreign intelligence organizations that have the capability to penetrate these old mechanical locks without leaving a visible trace. These espionage organizations would likely use "insider'' agents for this purpose. In fact, Mr. Money's view that the "insider'' threat is of greater concern than the threat of covert entry to a safe or vault is precisely why the electronic lock upgrade is needed. The X07/X08 lock now possesses features that help ensure accountability and control access. More importantly, the lock also has the capability to be equipped with a time/date stamp feature which would automatically record who entered the safe and when. This audit trail feature is already used with great success by large corporations. By adding this feature to the federal requirements, we add another important counter espionage tool to this virtually impenetrable lock. I certainly understand the many competing interests that DOD must juggle within a constrained budget, but I cannot accept the Pentagon's view of contractor lock upgrades as being unnecessary, cost prohibitive or without commensurate security benefit. The growing volumes of classified information contained in moveable media (i.e. laptop computers, hard drives, back-up tapes, etc.) that is used by the national security agencies and their contractors, and the need to properly secure this classified material, cannot be pushed aside as a trivial matter. If the Department of Defense shows leadership in the proper handling of classified material, I'm certain that government and contractor employees will take a more serious attitude toward the proper stewardship of the Nation's secrets. The United States cannot afford another security lapse like the missing NEST hard drives at Los Alamos or the missing laptops at the State Department. ____________________