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What is classified after the fact? It's pretty straight forward in that letter. The emails contained info derived from classified info. Info derived from classi
by jonnybgood 11y ago
What is classified after the fact? It's pretty straight forward in that letter. The emails contained info derived from classified info. Info derived from classified info is itself classified. There is no classified after the fact. It was all classified from the get go.
- snowwrestler 11y agoClassified after the fact means marked classified after the fact. This matters because a lot of publicly available information--stuff we all know, stuff you can read in the paper today, or can be easily found on Wikipedia--is nevertheless considered classified information. There is no possible way that a single person can keep it all straight in their head, which is why State staff (and others) rely on the markings on documents (digital or otherwise) to know how to treat them.