[kevkrom]

you do at least agree that it is the responsibility of those with a security clearance to ensure that the information they are sharing with reporters is not classified, right? I mean, you don't think they have to have someone else tell them what they can and can't talk about with the press, do you? Doesn't that responsibility rest with the person talking to a reporter? Is that the agreement they sign when they obtain their clearance?

As someone who has been cleared for classified information at various times in my career, I can say that if the information was not properly labeled as classified when it was received, there's no reason for the person to have to verify that it is not classified.

[lugsoul]

Did you sign an SF-312? Did you read it?

[angkor]

"I can say that if the information was not properly labeled as classified when it was received, there's no reason for the person to have to verify that it is not classified."

Second that. You'd spend your entire day/week/year verifying classification status.