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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (132204)	5/8/2004 1:58:02 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

But nobody's going to prosecute the whistleblower, because this is a open and free society, and leaking the information was the right thing to do.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (132204)	5/8/2004 8:17:31 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The statute CLEARLY states that: Whoever having unauthorized possession of, access to, or control over any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative..... It makes NO limitation to only cleared personnel. It means EVERYONE. You think so? Under your understanding of the law we can prosecute you. But the confiscated CDs, ONCE CLASSIFIED, are the property of the United States. And are copies of the CD that were distributed prior to the confiscation property of the US Government? But you can't have access to that report unless you have a Secret/NoForn clearance, and A NEED TO KNOW or possess that information.. It matters not if there is unclassified information contained within. The ENTIRE REPORT has to undergo a declassification procedure (which it CLEARLY did not). You appear to be switching subjects. If I have authorized access to that report, I can extract those portions that are marked unclassified and distribute them in a public forum. If the title of the document is unclassified, I can indicate that the unclassified paragraph is contained within that document. There is no declassification review required. I couldn't begin to count how many times I've seen that done. Certainly hundreds, if not thousands of times. Face it jttmab.. Every classified report has UNCLASSIFIED information in it, if only just the name of the person making the report. If what you state were true, then you'd have to classify every dot, conjunction, noun, verb, and clause.. The requirement by regulation is to classify to the paragraph level. Fortunately, there isn't any numbnut in authority that would be so stupid to require that a "period" is supposed to be marked for classification. A "word" is in the public domain. It's how the words are connected to form information that becomes meaningfully classified. The ENTIRE REPORT has to undergo a declassification procedure (which it CLEARLY did not). If you're talking about the Taguba report release as in violation of the law. That's a different matter and I haven't made any claims on the legality of that leak. Don't question me on this jtmab.. I know what I'm talking about. And if you don't believe me, I suggest you contact the Defense Security Service and pose the questions to them. Horsehockey. Under "other duties as assigned". I've been a security officer, alternate FSO and FSO. I've written and/or reviewed for comment security guidelines for the DoD, DOE, Army and Air Force. And it's apparent that you have no idea what you're talking about. jttmab