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2020-05-25 Home Front: Politix
Grenell: Public misled 'too long', vows to declassify more Flynn documents
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] It should be noted that John Ratcliffe is scheduled to be sworn in as Director of National Intelligence on Tuesday. But I suspect he will continue on the same path.
Posted by Fred 2020-05-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

#1 Ratcliffe has a tough act to follow.
Posted by Clem 2020-05-25 00:19||   2020-05-25 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, Grenell was sent to let the lightning out of the bottle so Ratliffe would not be under pressure coming in.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-25 07:28||   2020-05-25 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Imagine if Grenell had been in the slot Bremer filled in Iraq.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-25 07:34||   2020-05-25 07:34|| Front Page Top

#4 I have read many of the formerly 'classified documents' which have reached the internets. Having been trained (albeit decades ago) on Foreign Disclosure, I have seen absolutely nothing that would point to a breach of national security.

I can only conclude that the documents were erroneously classified. The justification or reason for the classifications should now be quite obvious.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-25 07:36||   2020-05-25 07:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Over-classification has always been a bit of a problem, but probably 99% of the time not done on purpose. But E.O. 13526 is quite clear on deliberate over-classification. Oh, and EO is signed by someone named Obama.
Posted by Clem 2020-05-25 07:44||   2020-05-25 07:44|| Front Page Top

#6 erroneously classified

It's erroneous only if you didn't mean to do it and receive no benefit from the "error".

Neither of those conditions apply.
Posted by AlanC 2020-05-25 08:12||   2020-05-25 08:12|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ A splitting of frog hairs, but quite accurate.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-25 08:26||   2020-05-25 08:26|| Front Page Top

#8 "I can only conclude that the documents were erroneously classified."

You misspelled "purposely misclassified."
Posted by Barbara 2020-05-25 15:41||   2020-05-25 15:41|| Front Page Top

#9 #3 Imagine if Grenell had been in the slot Bremer filled in Iraq.

Hoot!
Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-25 21:47||   2020-05-25 21:47|| Front Page Top

#10 What next for Ric?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-25 21:58||   2020-05-25 21:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Bremer was an a-hole
Posted by Clem 2020-05-25 23:38||   2020-05-25 23:38|| Front Page Top

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