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White House Sets Computer-Security Plan

Updated Oct. 7, 2011 7:07 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—The White House sought Friday to fix security gaps in classified computer networks that allowed the theft of hundreds of thousands of sensitive State Department cables that were provided to the group WikiLeaks.

In an executive order seeking to rationalize and refocus the government's efforts to protect classified information from so-called insider threats, President Barack Obama established two groups to develop mechanisms...

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