WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — The discovery of classified documents at the homes of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Mike Pence has rekindled a debate about an old habit of the US government...
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 — The discovery of classified documents at the homes of Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Mike Pence has rekindled a debate about an old habit of the US government — slapping millions of documents every year with labels of “secret,” “top secret” and other confidential designations.
“To classify military plans for Ukraine is legitimate,” Riedel added. But “it’s much more questionable for a State Department cable reporting the secretary of state’s arrival in Israel on Monday” when the news has already been reported by the media. Riedel blames “bureaucratic inertia” for the tendency to overclassify: “It’s the safe thing to do bureaucratically. If somebody asks why information got into the public domain, you can say it was ‘leaked.’”A “confidential” stamp limits the number of people allowed to view records and the secure conditions — sometimes free of all electronics — under which they are given access. Storage rules for classified material are strict, and violators can be prosecuted.
“Some might conclude that the procedures in place for handling classified information are too lax. But that’s not the case,” according to Elizabeth Goitein, a national security expert at the Brennan Center for Justice.
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