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"Bernard, the Official Secrets Act is not to protect secrets, it is to protect officials."[1] [1] Sir Humphrey Appleby, Jobs for the Boys (e/o "Yes Minister"),
by inopinatus 13y ago
"Bernard, the Official Secrets Act is not to protect secrets, it is to protect officials."[1]
[1] Sir Humphrey Appleby, Jobs for the Boys (e/o "Yes Minister"), Jay A and Lynn J, BBC; first broadcast April 7, 1980.
- throwaway987654 13y agoI don't know about UK law, but that behavior is in direct contravention of of the executive order establishing the classification system. "In no case shall information be classified ... in order to conceal ... administrative error; prevent embarrassment ..." See section 1.7(a) of http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526 http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13526