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2016 Postmortem

retrowire

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8. During the review?

Reply to Metric System (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 29, 2016, 07:05 PM

Jan 2016

what the fuhhhh...

So, they're emailing each other about the proof that Aliens exist and that we've decided to do business with them and it's all okay just being sent back and forth between secure and unsecure servers and only when the FBI starts investigating we NOW mark that as top secret?!??

That can't be the way it works.

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APNewsBreak: US declares 22 Clinton emails 'top secret' [View all] VulgarPoet Jan 2016 OP

The State Department said just today that the emails were classified after the fact. Metric System Jan 2016 #1

Source please! retrowire Jan 2016 #2

Here: Metric System Jan 2016 #3

"While the information wasn’t marked as classified when it was sent..." Mika Jan 2016 #5

I kind of find it troubling retrowire Jan 2016 #6

No, from my understand, they were only marked as TOP SECRET during the recent review, at the Metric System Jan 2016 #7

During the review? retrowire Jan 2016 #8

Retroactive classification happens frequently and it can even include something as benign as Metric System Jan 2016 #9

The Secretary of State has the power to classify or declassify as they see fit... Human101948 Jan 2016 #4