Interesting similarities

[nynco]

So how is that different from the original article?

[SA Friday]

So how is that different from the original article?

Based on the two links in the OP, there are some similarities and some differences. The similarities Sharpie is inferring is the governments of North Korea and Egypt have wide spread fear of their own people. It appears so does the current executive branch of our government. The difference is how those fears are manifesting in policy and in the population. I don't necessarily agree that the correlation is there, but I do see his point. For the executive branch to release a memo relaying serious concern about insider threat is a clear indication there are serious disagreements within the branch. Having worked under the Clinton administration while in the Military, I can tell you there was never this level of concern within the executive branch where an utter disconnect between the elected officials were concerned of agencies under is branch were going to intentionally release info. We always have one or two per administration commit espionage in this country. Believe me, it's way more prevalent in other countries. But, we rarely have systemic concern. For the most part, the US citizens identify themselves internationally through their governmental identity. If you ask the question, "What does the USA mean to the world," you get a considerably higher amount of governmental theology than any other country. This relates to a much higher standard of loyalty to the country regardless of the administration. For this executive memo to be released shows a systemic lack of confidence in proportions not seen in this country since the election of 1860 and we all know how that turned out.