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Classification status after unauthorized disclosure?

I've been trying to find some references to this situation without much luck, but I think it would be good to add something about it to the Declassification section. Manys (talk) 17:44, 16 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

NNSA and DOE in such situations just unclassify stuff. Valery Zapolodov (talk) 02:36, 13 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

DoD says it is still classified even if leaked.

Is President designated entity under 36 CFR. Ch. 11, Sec. 1260.28?

This is the whole TS//RD-CNWDI debacle. Valery Zapolodov (talk) 18:41, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

whitewashing?

@Komorijuno: I appreciate some of your edits of 2023-01-21T23:06:02 but not the deletion of the following:

Peter Louis Galison, a historian and Director^[1] in the History of Science Dept. at Harvard University, claims that the U.S. Government produces more classified information than unclassified information.^[2]

This looks like whitewashing to me. I've created another sentence summarizing that citation and appended it to the lede. I hope you will find this appropriate.

Thanks for your contributions to our project to give "every single person on the planet ... free access to the sum of all human knowledge." DavidMCEddy (talk) 00:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Peter Louis Galison, a historian and Director in the History of Science Dept. at Harvard University, claims that the U.S. Government produces more classified information than unclassified information."

This is not tangible information nor has it any historical relevance or gravitesse and serves only as a insinuation, its purely speculative and not fact based, thus requires deletion. This has nothing to do with whitewashing. 2001:9E8:46C9:100:D14D:B9E3:7A15:A2A2 (talk) 01:38, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "People – The Department of the History of Science, Harvard University". Fas.harvard.edu. June 24, 2003. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
^ Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Archived July 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

DavidMCEddy (talk) 00:48, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Indictment

I'm depressed but I wanted someone to add some details on charges being brought against Former President. MattL9 (talk) 23:56, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Discrepancy on clearance access

In the summary, it is noted that, for example, one with "Top Secret" clearance can access data of top secret, secret, or classified status. However, in the section "Levels and categories of classification", it is noted that one with, for example, "Top Secret" clearance could only access data marked as top secret. 2600:100F:B11C:2367:0:11:4C61:3D01 (talk) 02:37, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see anything in the Levels and categories of classification section that says anything like "Top Secret" clearance could only access data marked as top secret. It does say that there can be additional restrictions per the need to know principle and that having a Top Secret clearance does not grant access to all information ("even Top Secret clearance does not allow one to access all information at, or below, Top Secret level."), is that what you're referring to? - Aoidh (talk) 15:45, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "People – The Department of the History of Science, Harvard University". Fas.harvard.edu. June 24, 2003. Archived from the original on July 1, 2013. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

[2] Department of the History of Science, Harvard University Archived July 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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