I’d still love to know how you came to know the classification system inside and out.
U.S. Naval Academy, Class of '86. Standard part of officer training. Are we clear now?
Uh, ok. Little bit of a bold statement to make based on a college course you took 30 years ago.
Not my only source of working knowledge of the system, but that’s all I’m going to mention. Yeah I know, it’s easy to be mysterious about it. Too bad.
Yeah, I figure you’re overstating your mastery of the subject but whatever.
Aww, I’ll just have to live with that.
The familiar cry of the internet blowhard. Never loses it’s charm.
Nice innuendo when you know I can’t possibly defend myself. Nevertheless, I have shown that I have experience with the topic.
How many security clearances have YOU had? Lemme help you; it’s an integer greater than -1 and less than 1.
Look, you’re the guy who bragged he knew a fairly complex topic “inside and out”. I’ve seen lots of high officials and departments have points of disagreement. I have seen posters here make reasonable seeming testaments of their level of experience with security clearances. No, you have not impressed me that you know the issues inside and out.
Johnny Ace seems well-informed to me. What, specifically, do you think he is wrong about, CarnalK?
Oh? Could you point to something he said here that gave you that impression? Because I have just looked over his posts and failed to find really anything of substance. Mostly just standard internet bickering and “only anti-Clinton people think this means anything”.
You won’t point out anything you think he’s wrong about, so you want me to pick out what he’s said that sounds reasonable? I asked you first.
That’s my point: he hasn’t said anything. Not one of his posts has demonstrated knowledge or ignorance on the handling or mishandling of classified info. He’s apparently not at liberty to divulge in even the broadest terms what real world experience he has with handling classified info. Compare that to what, for instance, iiandyiii has posted.
Wikileaks has some emails:
He said crypto’s post was a load of nonsense, which is a very credible position.
Do you think crypto’s post was a good one?
No, I don’t think it was a good one. Now do you think I know security clearance inside and out?
I literally have no idea why you’re so bothered by Johnny Ace.
An appeal to your own authority on the iinternet is always a little annoying. Refusing to even give it’s context doubly so. YMMV.
Hey Johnny Ace – you know the bags used to carry classified stuff? Can you describe how the locks work?
It took me less than a minute to google that one. Granted it took a few tries to get the name of the bags right, but that’s not a good test.