How would you deal with Snowden if you were his manager?

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:49:33 -0400

Response by SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint made Sep 16 at 2016 1:50 PM

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:50:10 -0400

Snowden's Boss Shares Lessons Learned. I can not imagine being the responsible manager and hiring him. I feel sorry for that manager. https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/exclusive/first-cipher-brief-snowdens-boss-shares-lessons-learned-1095?utm_content=buffer10b04&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Response by SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint made Sep 16 at 2016 2:05 PM

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:05:50 -0400

How would you deal WITH Snowden if you were his manager? Go in and find out your employee is in the newspaper....in a big way. I never had a supervisory or manager challenge like that manager.

Response by SGT David T. made Sep 16 at 2016 3:16 PM

SGT David T. — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:16:35 -0400

What's to deal with? He ran, and no longer his manager's problem.

Response by SN Greg Wright made Sep 16 at 2016 3:40 PM

SN Greg Wright — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:40:42 -0400

That's easy, I'd quit.

Edit: Oh, I thought you meant like, career manager, like an agent. Yeah, that's gotta suck for the guy's supervisor.

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Sep 16 at 2016 6:40 PM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:40:58 -0400

If I had been Snowden's corporate manager and his theft was brought to my attention: He would be reported to the corporate security officer, who would report him to the Client's security office, then he would be fired within 24 hours. We (the company) would pray the Government wouldn't decertify the company and disqualify us from all government contracts.

If I was his Chinese or Russian manager, aka, handler, I would thank him for making me look pretty damn good. I'd make sure he had a comfortable place to live until my bosses decided if he was good for further exploitation or scheduled for termination with extreme prejudice.

Response by SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint made Sep 16 at 2016 8:02 PM

SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:02:27 -0400

PO3 Tiffany Meyers SGT David T. As managers we need to look at the situation and determine what went wrong. How did we hire someone disloyal to the company, unit, and government? What can we do to not hire people who will take our information?

Response by SPC David S. made Sep 16 at 2016 8:16 PM

SPC David S. — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:16:58 -0400

I think there's more to it than that. I think it my be possible that wikileaks is tied to Russian intelligence and just possibly Snowden was recruited/turned. The lesson learned trust but verify.

Response by SPC James Gromley made Sep 17 at 2016 12:28 AM

SPC James Gromley — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:28:31 -0400

Pat him on the back and ask him for a ticket, he did what his heart and head told him to do and exposed a issue that should not have been there in the first place.

Response by 1SG Al Brown made Sep 17 at 2016 9:50 AM

1SG Al Brown — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:50:59 -0400

As his manager, you would initiate the office investigation of how the material was stolen. Then about an hour later, you would be relieved of duty, and people in cheap black suits would complete your initial investigation. If you were a career gov/contract manager, you would get away from it as fast as you could.