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2012-10-30
Yesterday a reader/commenter queued up an article for the Burg. It consisted of a link to an unclassified but For Official Use Only (FOUO) DOD document.

Rantburg respects the importance of sensitive information. FOUO means what it says: for use by agencies/officials who need the info to execute their duties.

Please do not post such materials, or links to them. They will be deleted.
Posted by:lotp

#16  I support the editorial policy here, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking that the classification system is used wisely by our public servants. Read Senator Moynihan's book on the topic if you doubt me.

Also, read this article (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/lincolns-p-r-coup/) in the NY Times of all places, that describes how President Lincoln published the U.S. Government foreign correspondence during the Civil War.

Ofttimes the things we wish to keep secret are better off shared.
Posted by: rammer   2012-10-30 20:34  

#15  If people continue to post classified or FOUO material, I shall be forced to avoid this site.

An UNCLASSIIFED//FOUO document or portion is unclassified; It may have personally identifiable information like social security numbers, or it may have info about personnel decisions. In any case, if it is classified correctly, it has information you don't need to see and would not want others to see about you. If it is classified incorrectly, it isn't your job to disseminate it incorrectly. And public disclosure of a classified document does not declassify it.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2012-10-30 19:42  

#14  Marked FOUO to exempt it and the assembly of material that was used to build the composite (fotos, sitreps,...) from FIA, I expect.
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-10-30 15:05  

#13  You would be amazed at how easy it is to find classified material on the net. An indictment of how sloppy the Obama Regime's handling or such material?

Or.

On purpose, since Hussein and his admin leans in favor of America's enemies.
Posted by: Chunky Hatrack8331   2012-10-30 15:00  

#12  Shouldn't someone contact webmaster@ said site and tell them they're leaking more than a NY subway?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-10-30 14:59  

#11  Thank you for not posting FOUO or other material of that sort. Regardless of how out-in-the-open the material it is, folks with clearances have sworn to view such material only with a need to know. I'd imagine there are some folks here to whom that would apply.
Posted by: JonC   2012-10-30 14:25  

#10  The document was a Field Manual (FM), outlining attack strategies employed in Afghanistan by the joint military operations against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

The document is posted at an open website, which posts materials on military, security and intelligence.

I appreciate and accept the guidance of Rantburg's Editorial Staff and will not submit any material nor links to this type of material in the future.
Posted by: Au Auric   2012-10-30 09:39  

#9  I have no problem with the Rant handling of the issue. It's the boys [and girls] on the other side who abuse the system. There are real penalties for those who compromise the system. There are no real penalties for those who abuse the system.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-30 09:16  

#8  No doubt P2K, but in the meanwhile, since I've worked with some of the dots which it truly would not be good to have connected, I take this seriously.

And .... let's not expose Fred to various complaints/charges, 'kay?
Posted by: lotp   2012-10-30 09:06  

#7  Now, if we had personages of equal integrity to quit over using the classification system to hide stuff rather than deal with it, this would be a better world for it.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-30 07:50  

#6  What a teaser this is.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-30 07:22  

#5  Once again, the need for a collateral level Rantburg surfaces.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-30 06:52  

#4  You meant well, Au Auric. And now we all know, thanks to lotp, so it was a good thing.
Posted by: trailing wife   2012-10-30 06:49  

#3  Probably an FM or TC or some such.
Posted by: OldSpook   2012-10-30 03:50  

#2  So, avoiding the obvious risk of federal indightment...what was the content you thought germaine AA?
Posted by: Skidmark   2012-10-30 01:38  

#1  
me·a cul·pa [ mày ə kl p ]
1.expressing guilt or fault: used to express an admission of your own guilt
2.formal apology: a formal apology or acknowledgment of responsibility or guilt
Posted by: Au Auric   2012-10-30 00:31  

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