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To: Captain Rhino
Since he is a private citizen with no clearance now, the violation, if I understand the rules, falls, not on him, but on the person who disclosed the information to him.

I don't think so. As a person who has ever had access to classified info, even when your access is removed, you still have an obligation (under penalty of law) to protect that information. I think if someone gave you info that you knew you did not have access to, it would be your obligation to report that to a security official.

57 posted on 08/15/2018 1:59:41 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: Magnum44

Yeah, that’s a murky area.

I remember from the Manning and Snowden scandals, that warnings were issued, through the DoD General Counsel to the entire organization, that the information was still classified even of it appeared in the media and that, as security clearance holders, we had not been granted access to it. So you were in the protected but absurd position of saying “ I don’t know because I’m not allowed to read the newspaper, magazine, website, etc. article.” If the same information showed up on your computer somehow, it was “spillage” and you were to immediately to unplug from the network and notify security so your machine could be cleaned. The prohibition was general, so the 2 or 3 of us that actually followed the guidance, still don’t know what was actually disclosed.

About a year or so from now, I’ll be fully retired and essentially in the situation I described: no clearance, no access. It will be the first time since I was 18.

If another Snowden or Brady leak of classified information to public media occurs, is every former clearance holder who reads the subsequent articles liable if they don’t report it?


65 posted on 08/15/2018 2:57:00 PM PDT by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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