05-24-2016, 04:16 PM
We seem to going back over the same ground. There have been news reports and the FBI is investigating. Beyond this no one has any facts on this case ,so it is all just speculation until the FBI report comes out. We should just wait for this.
This extract from a prior post does describe how classified information is treated( this info is consistent with what I observed while working).
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/20...ould-know/
What everyone with a Top Secret security clearance knows – or should know
… "Classified, secure, computer systems use a variety of electronic (often generically called TEMPESTed) measures coupled with physical security (special locks, shielded conduits for cabling, armed guards) that differentiate them from an unclassified system. ...”…
… " if an employee were to be handed information sourced from an NSA intercept of a foreign government leader, somehow not marked as classified, she would be expected to recognize the sensitivity of the material itself and treat it as classified. In other cases, an employee might hear something sensitive and be expected to treat the information as classified. The emphasis throughout the classification system is not on strict legalities and coded markings, but on judgment. In essence, employees are required to know right from wrong. It is a duty, however subjective in appearance, one takes on in return for a security clearance."...
… "Some may say even if Clinton committed security violations, there is no evidence the material got into the wrong hands – no blood, no foul.Legally that is irrelevant. Failing to safeguard information is the issue. It is not necessary to prove the information reached an adversary, or that an adversary did anything harmful with the information for a crime to have occurred.”…
This extract from a prior post does describe how classified information is treated( this info is consistent with what I observed while working).
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/20...ould-know/
What everyone with a Top Secret security clearance knows – or should know
… "Classified, secure, computer systems use a variety of electronic (often generically called TEMPESTed) measures coupled with physical security (special locks, shielded conduits for cabling, armed guards) that differentiate them from an unclassified system. ...”…
… " if an employee were to be handed information sourced from an NSA intercept of a foreign government leader, somehow not marked as classified, she would be expected to recognize the sensitivity of the material itself and treat it as classified. In other cases, an employee might hear something sensitive and be expected to treat the information as classified. The emphasis throughout the classification system is not on strict legalities and coded markings, but on judgment. In essence, employees are required to know right from wrong. It is a duty, however subjective in appearance, one takes on in return for a security clearance."...
… "Some may say even if Clinton committed security violations, there is no evidence the material got into the wrong hands – no blood, no foul.Legally that is irrelevant. Failing to safeguard information is the issue. It is not necessary to prove the information reached an adversary, or that an adversary did anything harmful with the information for a crime to have occurred.”…
… whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Phil 4:8 (ESV)