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To: Leaning Right
Snowden says Petraeus disclosed ‘far more highly classified’ secrets ‘than I ever did’

Does "far more" refer to quantity or quality? One document at a higher classification level than Snowden released to one person would make this true. Misleading, but true.

9 posted on 12/04/2016 8:20:42 AM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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To: KarlInOhio
Does "far more" refer to quantity or quality?

Snowden doesn't say. My best guess is that he as angling for a pardon here, or some sort of deal where he gets probation.

After all, Petraeus was worse!

11 posted on 12/04/2016 8:25:41 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Good point,

The truth is that the damage done by disclosure of classified documents is highly speculative. It (damage) can be counted in terms of financial cost or national security cost. Both measures are still relative.

How much is the cost of a critical vulnerability in a weapon system? How much is the cost of a lost agent who was compromised by a leak? The net result of asking these kinds of questions would be needed to determine who did the worst disclosing. Otherwise the question is meaningless.


28 posted on 12/04/2016 9:48:07 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom (California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
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