[Stingray51]

Spouses SLEEP with those who have top secret information. Does anyone for a moment think that these highly intelligent women are in the dark? It's ridiculous.

I think you are absolutely wrong. Franks has no business sharing highly classified information with anyone, repeat anyone, not cleared for it. No wives, no gay lovers, no barbers, nobody. Maybe congressional staffers and others are casual with secrets, but four star generals should know better.

[Stingray51]

And, by the way, I am not contending that this actually happened. Hopefully, it did not.

[xzins]

Sting, what you say is what the rules might be. But what you say is not what really takes place.

First, highly classified probably starts at about the "Secret" level. Heck, everything a 4 star knows is Secret. That's just a fact. Every opinion, every detail, every everything. (Except who won the superbowl and what's on sale at the PX.)

Second, the leaders talk to one another. Their spouses are generally pretty intelligent people. They can put things together. I've watched it in action.

Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.

So, you're a 4 star regional commander and you call Col So & So down to Florida to meet you at your puzzle palace. While there the Col gets invited to some event. "Hi Dear, this is Col S&S. He's Cdr of the 1st S&T of Ft Campbell's 101st.

Later that night you hear them in a conversation about special weapons, or night assaults, or etc., etc., etc.

What suspicions do you have?