While this is the only case we know of so far there may be more to come.
Refusing Cabinet Officials or Department Heads access to SCIFs in their agencies or departments is blatant treason--and anyone participating in it should be tried on that charge.
The notion that bureaucrats get to over-rule and keep secrets from Cabinet Officials is totally unacceptable--and must stop now--regardless of the issue.
I agree. It is no wonder that he got fired.
She should have arrested them on the spot.
People should have been fired on the spot, no ifs, ands or buts................
A large Faraday cage for people to have secure conversations in.
At first I thought it was SCIence Fiction, but now I know it’s SpaceCraft InterFace.
Adam Schiff or SCIF for short - A political bottom feeder, a corrupt partisan hack
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just a guess.
One of those bureaucrats needs to be publicly executed as an example
Would have to know the details on what actually transpired. Typically in a SCIF even high level VIP’s and officials usually must obtain prearranged permission to enter, they can’t just go in unannounced. For example, there could be information in a SCIF from cooperating partner agencies that even a Department head might not have a bonafide need to know and therefor should not have access to unless the original classification authority concurs. It gets a little complicated. There might be a valid reason for the refusal or their might not be, we simply don’t know.
Hubby spent at least half of his career in a SCIF. Bummer, too, ‘cause he couldn’t have a cell phone in there. Not even back when he had a flip phone with no camera.
I am not sure it is wise for Bondi to make such admissions on TV shows.
It’s a Sucky Cabbage Icy Freeze. And they’re pretty gross. My least favorite summer treat.
(Yes, I know what a SCIF is. I’ve had a security clearance for some time now.)
Anyone involved in preventing her presence needs to be arrested post haste.
It is long past time to stop pussy-footing around on this.
Access to a SCIF has three requirements. First is proper ID; second is proper clearance and third is need-to know. AG Bondi should have the first and third requirements met but she may still be in the process of obtaining all of the clearances needed for her job. If she lacks the 2nd then it would have been correct to bar her from having complete access to the SCIF. However, she could have been escorted in once the SCIF was sanitized to the level of her current clearance level.
It’s like the “cone of silence” from Get Smart, I think.
“Compartmentalized” is an important part of “SCIF”. If you have not been read in to a specific program, you do not have access. Period.
To make up an example, if something is “TS Cat Poo”, only people who have been certified as needing to know about “Cat Poo” AND with a TS clearance could read about it. If it is “Secret Cat Poo”, then you could have a TS clearance and not be allowed access. Period. Unless you had been certified as needing to know and “read in” to “Cat Poo”.
All in accordance with the law.
SCIF is where you go to discuss stuff when you have nothing to hide.
The Wife and I were assigned to an MI unit our only tour of Korea. We both hated being in MI Puke unit, the only bright spots were my Motor Officer a CE CW2 and the Commander.
The Commander called my boss one day to ask us to check out the electronic lock on the SCIF. The lock was broken and would be months before parts came in. MI troops were standing guard 24/7 and Christmas was coming up.
Chief went with me and one of my E5s to check it out. The MI CW2 threw a hissy fit and wouldn’t let us in, even though we all had clearances. Chief called the CO who jacked up the MI Dweeb and we found the receiver side of the lock broken. I told chief we couldn’t weld or braze it because it was pot metal. We took it off and went back to the Motor Pool to brainstorm.
We went to the PX and found some sandbox sand, built a box and jury rigged a vacuum cleaner to it. We went to the Ville and bought an old lawn mower engine, broke it up and melted it down and did a sand cast. We spent hours with files and Dremel tool and finally took it to the SCIF to try it out. A little fine tuning and the SCIF lock was working.
MI Dweeb CW2 says “That won’t get it, it has to come from an official source and this won’t do.” Chief went up to the CO and had a pow wow. The CO told the MI Dweeb CW2 that if it wasn’t good enough for him to move a cot to the SCIF and stay until the “right” part came in. Suddenly our part was good enough. F’n MI Pukes!
SCIFy ain’t wanted Here no mo.
But This brings out the Super Spys !
HA!
I KNOW I KNOW!!!
That’s where JOE BIDEN stole classified documents found in his garage.