Hillary's classified email

[MADem]

5. People who don't understand tend to confuse DOD with

State. Each has their own rules. Guess who makes the rules?

The Cabinet Secretary. NSA, CIA, etc. can get in there and mix it up, but if there's any issue, the final call comes down to POTUS. And he'll tell 'em all to go to hell after this "Waah Fitzmas" charade plays out.

Trying to apply DOD regs to State is a non-starter. For one thing, State is SENIOR to DOD in the order of precedence.

Also, this nonsense about not allowing classified to be carried outside the workplace is a total canard. You need to have an approved security container and get it vetted by the classified material control official in your command, but people take work home routinely, especially at the upper echelons.

I used to have a STUIII telephone in my HOME at one duty station, which was not on a base, because I had a need to communicate at all hours on a secure line. I wore the key around my neck and never took it off.


I've seen material that was deemed "classified" in daily newspapers in foreign nations. Sometimes, people who want to appear important classify stuff that everyone knows. Bill Clinton did a good job getting rid of bullshit classifications. George Bush made it worse by encouraging a ridiculous amount of compartmentalization.