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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (69448)12/12/2010 1:37:35 PM
From: Hawkmoon1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 218640
 
They can't both be right. One of them must be wrong.

I'm not so black and white on it. Both can be right, because both have different perspectives on the issue.

I draw the line where such leaks might place innocent US citizens and/or military personnel, at risk..

But that's my "line in the sand", and others draw theirs differently.

Personally speaking, I KNOW there is exists a tremendous amount of information that is over-classified. Part of this is due to the entrenched bureaucracy that advocates classifying everything "just in case" it becomes sensitive at a later date. Part of it is also due to power politics and playing "I have a secret" and if you want to learn about it, you need to have proper access and need to know. That's power.

But, cynic that I am, there's also big business interests involved in declassifying that information years down the road. It takes a lot of manpower, reviewing historical intel reports, and making a personal judgement call on whether the information is no longer sensitive... The more stuff you classify now.. the more people you have to hire to declassify it years down the road... And the people you hire are often retired analysts, working as contractors.. Call it "job security".. ;p

Hawk
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