--- "Blair P. Houghton" <blair(a)houghton.net> wrote:
Information is classified because divulging it will
place people in
harm's way. In some cases, it will place millions of people in harm's
way. There are politicized exceptions to this, but for the huge
majority of classified items keeping the information secret will save
lives, as will hindering its dissemination if it is somehow leaked.
Nah, my suspicion is that 99% of classified information would not directly
place people in harm's way if released to the public. What it might do is cause
the country concerned varying degrees of disadvantage and embarassment
(economically, politically, diplomatically etc).
-- Matt
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