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Israel-Gaza Megathread #2

This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.

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while quietly glossing over the fact that Paula Broadwell had an active security clearance at the time.

Isn't access to classified information subject to both security clearance requirements AND need-to-know requirements?

Depends, Collateral, NO-FORN, SCI, and SAP are generally marked separately and in addition to the more general FOUO, CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, and TOP SECRET Tags. As counter-intuitive as it sounds something can be both "SECRET" and approved for general distribution, things like authentication codes/word of the day being classic examples.

In any case, the point is the obvious double standard. There's no reasonable argument to be made that the former constituted a gross breach of security while the latter did not.