‘First off, if you don’t read them, how do you know the info in them “can cause grave damage to the United States.” As to whether we need to read them, well, it depends on your perspective.”
They are marked Top Secret, which means military leaders decided they could cause grave damage. Since they are the professionals risking their lives I’ll go with them.
“I think a free people need good information to have a good government”
Sure, on policy. I supposed you’d like to be involved in mission planning and target selection as well.
“They are marked Top Secret, which means military leaders decided they could cause grave damage. Since they are the professionals risking their lives I’ll go with them.”
According to the classification scheme put in place during the Bush White House, EXECUTIVE ORDER 13292, the President and Vice-President have the authority to appoint bureaucrats to decide when and how to classify documents. Doesn’t say anything about military leaders who are risking their lives. So you ask yourself, do you really trust an Obama-appointed bureaucrat to make the right decision, not influenced by what is good for Obama?
I read a fair amount of the material that was classified. I didn’t see anything that seemed to me would “cause exceptionally grave damage to the United States (top secret) or even “serious damage to the national security” (secret). Did you?