(September 29, 2019 at 11:12 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 29, 2019 at 8:10 am)onlinebiker Wrote: ROTFLMAO
Seriously -- think about what you just said.
When something is assigned a security classification - it must be stored in a method that is appropriate to that classification.
If they classified it Secret and kept it with all the unclassified voice transcripts.-- THEN there would be a problem.
You're missing the point. It was classified and stored appropriately. It was then moved without being reclassified to a more secure server. We know it wasn't reclassified because Trump did not direct the move. It was moved, without his knowledge or direction, on the orders of White House lawyers.
The best that can be said is that the current administration is disturbingly sloppy when it comes to handling classified material. The worst that can be said is that WH staffers have orchestrated a cover-up which the president now knows about and has declined to repudiate.
Boru
I don't think so.
Here's why - any unit or agency that handles classified material has storage on site that limits the class of material they can have.
Example - if security is low - they may only be able to receive and store only up to material rated confidential- the lowest rating.
If security is high enough - they will be able recieve and store up to Top Secret - the highest. (Codeword classification is different from security classification and may require higher levels of security)
If you are at a facility that has Top Secret capability -- ALL materials will be stored in this area - including any lower classified material or information - or even unclassified items that are needed in that area. It is totally permissible to store lower classification things in an area cleared for higher classified material. But not the other way around.
As the White House has TS facilities - anything classified - down to Confidential - would be stored in a common area. They simply don't have segregated storage for classified material.
Of course I an extrapolating for digital data - which didn't exist as such when I held my clearance. But I'm sure it applies the same as how data on paper is stored.