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Reading classified things will not be grounds to put anyone in jail. Not sure where you got that.
by willstrafach 9y ago
Reading classified things will not be grounds to put anyone in jail. Not sure where you got that.
- ixtli 9y agoI have some old friends that work in the american intelligence community (CIA, NRO, etc.) and they've explained to me that you consent to a lot of things when you join the military and get clearance that don't apply to civilians. I asked why the Army/Navy completely block access to wikileaks, and I was told it's because people can "get in serious trouble" for looking at things that they don't have clearance for so blocking makes it much less likely there'll be a mistake when sites that host that content are all over the news.
- astura 9y agoLeaking classified material doesn't make it unclassified, leaked documents are still classified material and must be treated as such if you have a security clearance - but only if you had/have a clearance. That means not only not accessing it if you don't have the proper clearance and need-to-know, but also never transmitting it over unclassified channels or download or storing it onto an unclassified computer. Since its never authorized to access classified information from an unclassified network, it makes sense to block access to classified materials from unclassified networks.