Washington Post Gives Detailed Information on U.S. Classification Procedures

Five Myths About Classified Information

Today's Washington Post gives a good explanation of the problems inherent in the government's procedures regarding stamping documents "classified."   The explanation is reported under the "Five Myths," column title.  This is the explication which has been missing from the mainstream media during all these months of alleged controversy over the Hillary Clinton e-mails during her time as Secretary of State.

Certainly, Mrs. Clinton could have acted less complacent about the questions stirred up by her use of a home system.  However, it is still unclear and totally unproven that she did anything illegal at all.  There remains some question in my mind as to the level even of impropriety involved.  Because of overstatements by persons such as the chairman of the Republican National Committee, the attacks on Mrs. Clinton have every appearance of a red herring.  The article by the Washington Posts details all this.

As a matter of fact, I could have wished for even more details in the article by Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the liberty and national security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University's School of Law.  In a follow-up discussion, I'd like to see more examples of what Mrs. Clinton had to deal with.  However, it is quite possible one reason for the lack of specifics from Mrs. Clinton has been the fear of making matters worse in this murky area.  Again, the article will help the uninitiated reader make some sense of this whole issue. 

So, forward blog readers!  Once again, the Internet can help spread legitimate (if rare) quality articles from the mainstream press, articles which the entire press should be promulgating on their own.