Over at foxnews.com….
“Psaki claimed Clinton did not violate any policy. Further, she said Tuesday that neither of Clinton’s two immediate predecessors, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, signed such a statement either.
She also said that different bureaus within the department had different rules relating to such statements that had the effect of making their completion optional by some employees.”
Thx, Moe. (See #14.) TigersEye makes an inciteful Megan Kelly point, so, maybe we can be of good cheer after all.
12 FAM 564.4 Termination (TL:DS-88; 02-13-2003) (Uniform State, AID, OPIC, TDP) a. A security debriefing will be conducted and a separation statement will be completed whenever an employee is terminating employment or is otherwise to be separated for a continuous period of 60 days or more. the debriefing is mandatory to ensure that separating personnel are aware of the requirement to return all classified material and of a continuing responsibility to safeguard their knowledge of any classified information. The separating employee must be advised of the applicable laws on the protection and disclosure of classified information (see 12 FAM 557 Exhibit 557.3) before signing Form OF-109, Separation Statement (see 12 FAM 564 Exhibit 564.4). b. AID’s Office of Security, IG/SEC, will conduct a security debriefing upon the separation of AID employees.