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Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Posted on 01/29/2016 12:14:17 PM PST by Kaslin
As someone who has in the past held a high level security clearance, one which required me to sign a non-disclosure agreement and agree to protect classified information under the penalty of possible prosecution and a lengthy prison sentence if I didn't, I took these obligations very seriously. I believed then and still do now that it was a privilege to be entrusted with America's most sensitive and high level information. Certainly not something to dismiss or scoff at.
While the threat of punishment for being careless with or inappropriately disclosing classified information was certainly a reason to be careful, my concern as an American was rooted much more in my desire out of patriotism to protect my nation's most secret information. It was my duty and responsibility to protect the national security of the United States, and I took an oath to do so to the utmost of my abilities.
I agreed to abide by the rules and regulations which governed my continued access to America's secrets, which included reporting any security violations that I may have committed, or might have been committed by others that possibly could have compromised classified information.
I remember many times when serving overseas that at the end of the day I had to make sure that file cabinet safes were locked, classified trash was collected and placed in burn bags, and then taken to the incinerator room for destruction. Trash bags full of shredded and pulverized documents hauled out to the dumpster. Sometimes a pain in the neck when one was in a hurry to leave, but always done with care and deliberation because one knew the importance of insuring that classified information did not fall into the hands of our enemies.
Telephone conversations were kept unclassified, and every office phone had a sticker attached to it reminding us all not to talk about classified material over an unsecure phone. Along with the constant admonishments not to try to 'talk around' anything classified, since eavesdroppers listening in might still be able to glean important information from the bits and pieces heard during a phone conversation.
Workplace security briefings always included the warning to us that foreign intelligence services were hard at work trying to intercept our communications and break into our military and diplomatic codes if possible.
Quite a few employees of the federal government, many members of the military, and even some employees of private corporations that have contracts to work on government projects also maintain government security clearances. All are required to abide by the same government security regulations with regards to classified information.
Normally in the government or the military anyone who has committed multiple security violations with regards to the proper handling of classified information has had their security clearance revoked, thereby denying them access to classified information. If their job requires them to have access to classified information then it's likely that they will also lose their job, not just their security clearance. They can't do their job if they can't read the necessary information to perform it.
With all the expense and effort put in place to protect America's secrets, apparently one particular individual felt herself exempt, or at least exempted herself as a matter of "convenience" from the regulations followed by everyone else who holds a high level security clearance.
For the record, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the same oath I and many other government employees and members of our military have taken, which also obligated her to protect classified information 'to the best of her abilities'.
If her record in this regard is any indication of what her abilities are, I would be more inclined to place my trust in any one of the Marx Brothers before I would entrust Hillary Clinton with the national security of the United States of America.
State Dept finds: These latest emails are too damaging to her CAMPAIGN to release.
We cannot rule out that Hillary Clinton intentionally, and for profit, committed espionage against the citizens of The United States.
Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
When I graduated high school in 1964, I got a summer job
typing work orders at the Marshall Space Flight Center in
Alabama. They were working on the moon shot at that time.
I had to take the pledge to keep my piehold shut, and I did.
Not that I was doing anything all that top secret; but
anyone working down there drove by a sign every day that
read “What you see, and what you hear; when you leave, leave
it here”. I took it to heart. The scientists & engineers
who worked down there took it for granted that MANY men
would be killed trying to get to the moon. Of course, some
were killed; but not as many as they expected. (As silly
a kid as I was at that time; I held my breath until that
moon mission was over and they made it in spite of ME &
any typing errors I surely made!)
She willingly assumed enormous risks. I assume the profits are commensurate.
Kaslin is 100% correct. I spent over a decade in the intel community with a TS+ clearance. In addition to his true statements I can add further information. Any individuals in the business had to conform to other restrictions. Some examples involve marital, financial, criminal, personal conduct. Shop talk, even with co-workers was a big no-no.
Violations were severe. I didn’t realize the tension level until about two years after I retired.
Hillary has violated verbal and written oaths involved in national security matters. She has also proven to be a lousy manager/executive. Specifically, she had the responsibility for conduct of her subordinates. “I didn’t know” is not an excuse.
This evil woman's corruption goes way back to her husband's administration when they were selling our nuclear secrets to the Russians and Chinese.
If we had any semblance of fair reporting, the media would be in an absolute onslaught of investigative journalism on this.
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