Thread: Gov. Ordered Workers Not to Read Wikileaks Cables

Workers Ordered Not to Read Cables

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: December 4, 2010

WASHINGTON — In a classic case of shutting the barn door after the horse has left, the Obama administration and the Department of Defense have ordered the hundreds of thousands of federal employees and contractors not to view the secret cables and other classified documents published by Wikileaks and news organizations around the world unless the workers have the required security clearance or authorization.

“Classified information, whether or not already posted on public websites or disclosed to the media, remains classified, and must be treated as such by federal employees and contractors, until it is declassified by an appropriate U.S. Government authority,â€

This is ridiculous. As soon as the information was publicly posted it became declassified, whether our government wants to admit it or not. The whole idea of classifying information it to keep it out of the hands of enemies. The whole idea of having different levels of security clearance for different federal employees is to protect information. But as soon as the information is made public, then the primary reason for classifying info in the first place has been defeated. Who cares if federal employees without authorization read the documents? What difference does it make now? They can't give it to anyone because everyone already has it. What dumb azz put out this memo? Fire them....they are too stupid to have their job.