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Originally Posted by Kazuaki Shimazaki II
As such, the onus is on those who classify information to justify that each and every piece of information is classified for real net utilitarian advantage.
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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? .....
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Not as ridiculous as you might first feel. He is more correct than you might think.
The only people who can classify stuff are a select small number of people granted the warrant of Originating Classifying Authority. They do go through a lot of training and are subject to classification review. Even thought a specific person is an OCA, there is a staff that reviews it for his or her signature.
Everyone else in the system is only allowed to create classified documents based on derivative classification. This means based on a classification source. No one at the worker-bee level (which is 99% of the people) is authorized to simply make something classified.
This is why at the bottom of classified documents is the classification block which lists the authority to classify, the source of classification, and the date in which it will automatically become classified (with some exceptions). Also included is the PCN (Personal Classification Number) which is a unique number that identifies the person deriving the classification.
Any piece of classified information had better be able to be backtracked to an OCA or a derivative source authority.
This is addressed in Executive Order 13526 December 29, 2009.