A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF; pronounced "skiff") in United States military, security and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that is used to process Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) types of classified information.
Thanks for posting. I heard some of this yesterday while driving and wanted to hear the whole thing.
Both Clinton and Obama had a very low regard for the military, security forces, intelligence agencies and anything including security protocols that emanated from them. The nation is paying a big price.
I spent most of my working time in the Air Force either on a plane or in a SCIF.
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It was probably more of an inconvenience to her staff to have to remove all the classified markings (in addition to being a crime) before emailing them to her. That leads us all right back to the question of why? Is she so autocratic and simultaneously stupid to think using the private email would be easier? Was she warned by her minions and she still insisted to use that insecure, unmonitored email? Is she smart and was conspiring to hide all her actions from the required archiving functions of the government? Either conclusion makes her unfit for any further service in the government.
The only thing I ever saw more secure than a SCIF in theater is an LCC at Malstrom AFB, a WSAs at Kings Bay, Barksdale, and Whiteman, and the Pantex plant areas. Saw an E-6 grabbed by the scruff of his neck and thrown out of the SCIF when his cell phone rang (can’t bring them in)
I was listening in the car for most of it and then two more security specialist, one with encryption TS level clearances called in to confirm everything Gary said and more.
I did engineering for some buildings for Bechtel and SAIC in Oak Ridge 15+ years ago. They had SCIFs. It wasn’t that big of a deal, just full height insulated walls, might have had Faraday cage elements, separate HVAC system, that sort of thing.
Key point operationally was no telecom wiring going in, and I presumed they had procedures to control data storage in/out.
Oh, and I think they had “airlocks” with badge in/badge out. Can’t remember if that was these SCIFs, or some other facilities we did.
Not saying that the information is not accurate, but it sounded to me like the callers were scripted.
We know her emails had “classified information”, but is it proven they originated from a SCIF and a classified network?
I would assume that there was a server or a computer in the State Department SCIF, where is it? Whatever was received and sent by that device Hillary was 100% responsible.