I don’t say we couldn’t be, I haven’t considered the matter and its ramifications in detail. That wasn’t the point I was focussing on. But surely if we could, and I don’t yet say one way or the other, leaking to a news organisation isn’t the way to do it. But again, that’s not the point under discussion. The point is the selective, the very selective, punishment of a security leak.
The DoD is often accused of over-classifying information. And we likely do err on the side of caution, which doesn’t bother me too much, given our work. I do wish that there was an ongoing declassification review process to routinely declassify material that is no longer classified. But that’s not a priority, it seems.
State, however, seems to classify routinely and for no legitimate or well-informed rationale.
TC