[GK3]

[quote="GK3" pid='388001' dateline='1681206649']
My guess is they will figure out whose desk that was and then we will see what happens.  Once there were stringent rules on Need to Know and handling and storage of highly classified documents.  I don't think those rules have changed,

They have not.

but power is everything in D.C. and access to highly classified information is a badge of power.  Want to Know is more important than Need to Know and the powers that be can get very careless handling sensitive information.

The rules are only as good as those who enforce them. One problem is the security people have lost the will/power to say no. Security is just not taken seriously by many organizations that used to be quite strict. Another problem is that granting access has been used to generate support for policies desired by the military/intelligence organizations. The latter is endemic and a slow-motion catastrophe. It is possibly justified to communicate relevant data to obtain needed support. Arguably, those people have a "need to know". However, they don't have a need to possess the documents themselves and they certainly don't have a need to know or hold information about collection methods or sources. Copies are made and distributed without numbering and transfer signatures to persons who have no independent security apparatus that oversees the handling of such documents. Simply can't be allowed to happen.

They have no regard for the impact that the disclosure of highly sensitive information can have on others.  It can be and has been the cause of needless deaths.  This kind of thing really bothers me, even today, many years after it makes any difference to me personally.  Loose lips Sink Ships as the poster said, and loose lips could get you killed.

Amen.

Can't agree more

[GK3]

[quote="GK3" pid='388001' dateline='1681206649']
My guess is they will figure out whose desk that was and then we will see what happens.  Once there were stringent rules on Need to Know and handling and storage of highly classified documents.  I don't think those rules have changed,

They have not.

but power is everything in D.C. and access to highly classified information is a badge of power.  Want to Know is more important than Need to Know and the powers that be can get very careless handling sensitive information.

The rules are only as good as those who enforce them. One problem is the security people have lost the will/power to say no. Security is just not taken seriously by many organizations that used to be quite strict. Another problem is that granting access has been used to generate support for policies desired by the military/intelligence organizations. The latter is endemic and a slow-motion catastrophe. It is possibly justified to communicate relevant data to obtain needed support. Arguably, those people have a "need to know". However, they don't have a need to possess the documents themselves and they certainly don't have a need to know or hold information about collection methods or sources. Copies are made and distributed without numbering and transfer signatures to persons who have no independent security apparatus that oversees the handling of such documents. Simply can't be allowed to happen.

They have no regard for the impact that the disclosure of highly sensitive information can have on others.  It can be and has been the cause of needless deaths.  This kind of thing really bothers me, even today, many years after it makes any difference to me personally.  Loose lips Sink Ships as the poster said, and loose lips could get you killed.

Amen.

Can't agree more