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originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: introvert
I guess that's why Blumenthal was in a closed session for the Congressional hearings.
a reply to: RickinVa
Guess what... looks like Hillary made a surprise visit to a kindergarten class a few days ago on May 10... how nice of her... considering that kindergarten class is less than 5 miles from where the aides have been interviewed...
Fairfax, Va. (May 10, 2016) – Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the Lee Highway KinderCare in Fairfax, Va. on Monday to talk with working parents about their needs and experiences with child care.
There are a fair number who do think I'm a raging lefty due to my efforts at saving a historical tree
I'm a registered independent but have never voted because I've known the system was rigged since a young age and I was born before we stopped going to the moon.
I'm trying figure out if you think it's the markings that make an item classified or if its the item that warrants classified markings.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: jadedANDcynical
There are a fair number who do think I'm a raging lefty due to my efforts at saving a historical tree
Good for you. Have to stand up for what you believe.
I'm a registered independent but have never voted because I've known the system was rigged since a young age and I was born before we stopped going to the moon.
I wish I was around to see at least one moon landing. That would have been sweet.
I'm trying figure out if you think it's the markings that make an item classified or if its the item that warrants classified markings.
From what I understand of the classification rules, it depends on where and whom it originates.
For example:
A corporation can go to a foreign country to gather intel on the political climate, military status, etc, in the hopes of starting oil or mining operations in the area. The corporation owns that intel and it did not originate with the US government. But the US government may have similar intel that is considered classified.
But if the government decides to investigate that corporation, for whatever reason, and subpoenas their email communications, they would classify those documents for the purposes of the investigation and any FOIA requests that follow. Is it a crime to posses intel that mirrors classified US government intel, if it was not obtained through the US government?
That is the question we need to ask.
originally posted by: queenofswords
a reply to: RickinVa
Judicial Watch proposes the testimony take place over 12 weeks.
We're just all going to have to be patient. This is going to go past the DNC convention.
originally posted by: queenofswords
a reply to: RickinVa
Judicial Watch proposes the testimony take place over 12 weeks.
We're just all going to have to be patient. This is going to go past the DNC convention.
REP. CHRIS STEWART: The press was reporting 22 e-mails there are actually more than that. And if I could just give a little of my background as Air Force pilot for 14 years, flew the B-1, one of the most sensitive weapons systems we have. As you said I sit on the House Intelligence Committee, again access to some of the most sensitive information we have. And I have never read anything that’s more sensitive than what these e-mails contain. They do reveal classified methods, they do reveal classified sources and they do revealed human assets. I can’t imagine how anyone could be familiar with these e-mails weather they are sending them or receiving them and not realize these are highly classified.
Information control criteria (descriptive questions)
Does the government have the power to control
the information?
Criterion
Number
ICC1 Has the information been published? What is the published state of the art for the information in the United States and in other countries?
ICC2 Is the information obtainable by viewing from a vantage point accessible to the public?
ICC3 Does the U.S. Government have the power to control the information within the United States by governmental ownership, by contractual relations, or by statute?
ICC4 If the information is also known to some other nations, will those other nations control that information? Do adversaries already know the information?
ICC1 Has the information been published? What is the published state of the art for the information in the United States and in other countries?
ICC5 What is the unpublished, unclassified state of the art for the information in the United States and in other countries.
ICC6 What is the extent of foreign knowledge of the unpublished, unclassified state of the art in the United States?
ICC7 What is the classified state of the art in the United States and in other countries?
ICC8 To what extent has the information been revealed by its use in commercially available products ("dual use" information)?
ICC9 To what extent has the information been compromised by unauthorized disclosure? Can adversaries readily obtain the information?
ICC10 To what extent can the information be obtained by other nations through simple theoretical calculations or minor experimentation?
ICC11 To what extent can the information be revealed by reverse engineering of unclassified materials?
Miscellaneous
ICC12 If the information is a scientific or technical "innovation," is it expected that others will shortly make the same discovery?
Classification duration may be defined (1) in terms of a time period measured from the origination date of a d0cument (i.e., at a future date) or (2) in terms of a future event which must occur prior to declassification.2 If a date or event cannot be specified, then a classified document containing NSI will be marked to indicate that the originating agency's determination is required for declassification.*, 14 The specified marking is "Originating Agency's Determination Required" or "OADR." This indicates that the agency that originally classified the information (or originated the document) has the sole authority to determine when the information (or document) can be declassified. Therefore, for classification decisions, the question is whether a duration of classification can be specified for classified information or whether no duration can be specified so that declassification must await the actual disclosure event.