Post #2795785
2023-06-24 07:03 UTC
@jschuh@infosec.exchange Three rather important things to know about all this: (1) each department has its own Classified system and motives, so CIA and NSA expectations do not apply clearly to State;
2) Classifying Authorities are those invested with the power to classify/declassify information, all subordinate authority flows from them,
3) unclassified actions may create information which will become Classified, for whatever reason departments use.
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@opendna@mastodon.sdf.org 2023-06-24 07:12
@jschuh@infosec.exchange A combination of these three are usually where people with your expertise trip up when talking about the Clinton case. i.e. the SecState's daily schedule was Classified, by her own authority, until the date passes, after which it was automatically declassified. So when she said "declassify today's schedule and send it to my Blackberry", that is all SOP at State (it's her authority) even if inconceivable at CIA or NSA.