True since the SoS is one of many who deems what is classified and not classifed. It becomes an issues if the classification guide indicates what is classified.
“True since the SoS is one of many who deems what is classified and not classifed. It becomes an issues if the classification guide indicates what is classified.”
It’s not a matter of classification or of security classification guides. I’ve always been taught in numerous classes going back to the 1970s, that a commander can authorize the transmission of classified information in the clear if that commander deems it necessary to completion of his mission and that the benefits of such a transmission outweigh the costs.
My point was, if a Captain in the Army has this kind of authority, then I’m pretty sure SecState does as well.
I want to add, we were always taught that the authority to transmit in the clear was something that should be used sparingly because you would have to justify such a transmission and you really were in a “you bet your bars” situation. IOW, you damn well better be right.