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0 pointsAnkhMorporkian10y ago0 comments

> (...) weren't even allowed to take notes on a scratchpad, when perusing them.

That's really not that surprising. Notes would need to be derivatively classified, and would require special transportation out of the SCIF that they were taken in. Additionally, I doubt any congresspeople's offices are SCIFs that would be allowed to store such sensitive information.

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nickpsecurity10y ago· 2 in thread

Careful not to drink the KOOLAID. Congress people, especially Wyden, have requested SCIF's for events like that before and were rejected on technicalities. Bruce Schneier said they requested one when they met him to discuss Snowden leaks DOD were still trying to contain. DOD wouldnt allow the SCIF.

CIA pulled same kind of BS with torture report allegedly for OPSEC then showed true motivation with hacking to cover up their wrongdoing.

AnkhMorporkianOP10y ago

Not drinking any koolaid, I have just worked with classified info in the past and have run head-on with the restrictions regarding their handling. I have no idea whether the intelligence community has some ulterior motive, I'm just saying that not allowing them to take notes isn't some unbelievable restriction for TS information.

nickpsecurity10y ago

I was joking with you on that part. Yes, there's policy requirements that affect these things. That the Executive agencies keep refusing to make adequate exceptions or provisions for Legislative and Judicial is either a sign of incompetence or malice.

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