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Originally Posted by August
That is one of the most ridiculous things i've ever read on the internet.
Millions of pieces of information and you demand that every one have it's security classification justified? To who, you? Shall we lay them all out in a parking lot or something so you and your fellow utopians can argue over the merits of releasing them to the enemy?
Pure foolishness.  |
Exactly.
A couple of stories.
I bought my dad a DVD set of "Confidential Films of WWII", now if thats what they considered Confidential back then, some of the stuff on this website about current operations must be Top Secret.
One night a buddy of mine let slip a little nugget of secret information. Our enemies certainly knew that we know all about it. Its obvous to all parties concerned whats going on but I still sat on that nugget until I saw it mentioned in the press by an embedded reporter. Just about anything concerning the 5th Fleet is classified nowadays for obvious reasons.
Now if you think the US makes lots of info classified try researching a country like North Korea; whats in their troops mess kits is a state secret! Compare that to the US, in another thread I was tracking USN Carrier movements based on press photos.