2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary's classified email [View all]apnu
(8,756 posts)Drumheller, ex CIA, would have had his clearance pulled during his off-boarding process in Lagnley. Classification of intel comes from within, not without. So if Blumenthal is digging stuff up from Drumheller, and Drumheller is getting his information from contacts at the CIA, that would be a grievous breech of CIA protocols. It is also possible Drumheller is getting his information from other contacts in the world outside the purview of the CIA and thus the information he has never gets the opportunity to be classified.
Either Drumheller got his information outside of the CIA and thus the information isn't "confidential" at the time, despite whatever Blumenthal says, or the data is classified leak at the CIA and not the State Department.