leading to compromise. Those responsible for
security violations may be reevaluated to deter-
mine if they should remain eligible for access to
classified information.
If you find assigned personnel have left
unattended and unlocked a container in which
classified material is stored, report the incident
immediately to the senior duty officer. The
container will be guarded until the duty
officer arrives at the location of the unlocked
container. The duty officer will then inspect
the classified material involved, lock the con-
tainer, and make a security violation report
to the commanding officer. If a possibility
of compromise exists, the person responsible
for the container is required to return to
the ship or station to make a complete inventory
of its contents.
When you receive classified material that
shows improper handling, but no compromise has
occurred, promptly notify the commanding
officer of the sending activity. Improper handling
of classified material, such as improper mailing,
shipping, wrapping, addressing, packaging, or
transmitting, can result in security discrepancies.
The following are other security discrepancies that
can result from improper handling:
Sending classified information in single
containers
Failing to enclose a return receipt for
Secret material
Sending Confidential information by First
Class instead of Registered mail to FPO/
APO addresses
Failing to mark the classification on the
inner container
Report such violations on a Security Discrepancy
Notice, OPNAV Form 5511/51 (fig. 9-3).
Classified material that enters a foreign
postal system because of improper addressing or
other mishandling is considered to have been
compromised. Similarly, when containers of
classified information are damaged in shipment
to the extent that the contents are exposed, the
possibility of compromise again exists. Both of
these two situations require a preliminary inquiry
and a JAG Manual investigation.
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE MATTERS
TO BE REPORTED TO THE NAVAL
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE
Certain matters affecting national security
must be reported to the NIS so that appropriate
counterintelligence action can be taken. All
Department of the Navy employees, military and
civilian, should report to their commanding
officers or to the nearest command any suspicious
activities. Suspicious activities include possible
acts of sabotage, espionage, or compromise or
contact with citizens of hostile countries.
Personnel should report such activities if they
involve themselves, their dependents, or others,
whether or not they have access to classified
information. Commanding officers should, in
turn, notify the nearest Naval Investigative
Service office immediately.
Sabotage, Espionage, or
Deliberate Compromise
Report all available information about possible
acts of sabotage, espionage, deliberate com-
promise, or other subversive activities to your
commanding officer. If you are away from your
command, report such activities to the most
readily available command. Your commanding
officer or the command to which you report the
activity will, in turn, notify the nearest NIS
office. If you cannot immediately contact NIS
when sabotage, espionage, or a person’s immediate
flight or defection threatens security, notify COM-
NAVSECINVCOM by classified IMMEDIATE
message. List the CNO as an information
addressee.
Notify the servicing NIS office immediately
of any requests, through other than official
channels, for classified defense information,
Report anyone who makes such requests, regard-
less of nationality. Report any requests for
information from any person believed to be in
contact with a foreign intelligence service. Also
report requests for information such as the
f o l l o w i n g :
Names, duties, personal data, and
characterizations of Department of the
Navy personnel
Technical orders, manuals, regulations,
base directories, personnel rosters; and
unit manning tables
The designation, strength, mission, combat
posture, and development of ships, aircraft,
and weapons systems
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