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Mz Pip

(27,489 posts)
5. Thanks!
Sat May 28, 2016, 03:07 PM
May 2016

I think I understand this now.

I have a friend who had a long career at DoD. His take on this is the entire system of classification in our Federal government is filled with archaic policies, incompetence, over-classification, and classifications performed by unauthorized people using only their imaginations without performing the required risk assessments. Just because something is on the classified network does not mean it is classified or merits classification. People who perform work on the classified network use the email system on that network for both classified and unclassified communications.

It certainly seems the policies need to be updated to reflect current technology. Bottom line is there's no way DoJ will prosecute Hillary for this. It sounds like the policies were about as clear as mud.

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