NASA pooštrava fizičku bezbjednost nakon budžetskih rezova
U odgovoru na velike budžetske rezove iz Bijele kuće Donalda Trumpa, NASA je pojačala fizičku bezbjednost i uvela strože mjere nadzora. Interni memo poslat 30. jula navodi da su svi zaposleni i njihove stvari podložni nasumičnim inspekcijama od strane službenika za sigurnost.
Memo obuhvata "individuals, belongings, and vehicles entering or exiting the premises" svih centara NASA. U sjedištu u Washingtonu upućen je poseban instrukcioni dio: "When randomly selected in the West Lobby, individuals will be asked to walk through the metal detector," i u istočnom holu: "In the East Lobby [home to the Earth Information Center], an officer will use a hand-held metal detector."
Za lične stvari piše: "If the individual is carrying personal effects, those items will also be searched by the officer," dok se za vozila navodi: "When randomly selected, individuals will be notified upon entry to pull over and asked to step out of the vehicle," i: "Once the random search is complete, the individual will return to their vehicle and proceed to the parking garage. The estimated search time will be less than 5 minutes."
Ovo se dešava nakon što je otkriveno da je NASA kupila licencu za upotrebu Clearview AI. Nasumične pretrage nisu neuobičajene u sektorima kritičnim za nacionalnu bezbjednost, ali su i pravno sporne, kako dokazuju presude poput Boutin v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Bivši astrobiolog Keith Cowing poručuje jednostavno rješenje: "treat [your remaining workers] as the valuable individuals that they are — not sheep for you to scare whenever you get a memo from the White House."
