XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: MeanDog@BiteMe.dash   
      
   On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:29:39 -0500, -hh   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 12/17/25 07:42, NoBody wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:23:57 -0000 (UTC), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   >> Sherman) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>>>>>>>> | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday refused to say   
   >>>>>>>>>> | whether the Pentagon would release video of the early   
   >>>>>>>>>> | September operation that targeted survivors of a strike on   
   >>>>>>>>>> | an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean.   
   >>>   
   >>>>>>>> | The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee said   
   >>>>>>>> | Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes   
   >>>>>>>> | targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the   
   >>>>>>>> | Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of   
   >>>>>>>> | Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it.   
   >>>   
   >>> The coverup continues ...   
   >>> |   
   >>> | Hegseth on the second Sept 2 strike: "Of course we're not   
   >>> | going to release a top secret full unedited of that to the   
   >>> | general public"   
   >>> |   
   >>> | [36-second video at URL]   
   >>> |   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>>     --bks   
   >>   
   >> "Top Secret".   
   >>   
   >> Duh....   
   >   
   >   
   >But they've already released the tape on the first strike (and many   
   >others)...   
   >   
   >...and it is expressly forbidden to classify government information to   
   >hide embarrassment, inefficiency, wrongdoing, or crimes.   
   >   
   >As per 28 CFR § 17.22, paragraph d:   
   >   
   >"(d) Information shall not be classified in order to conceal   
   >inefficiency, violations of law, or administrative error; to prevent   
   >embarrassment to a person, organization, or agency; to restrain   
   >competition; or to prevent or delay release of information that does not   
   >require protection in the interest of national security.  Information   
   >that has been declassified and released to the public under proper   
   >authority may not be reclassified."   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >Likewise, 6 CFR § 7.21, paragraph f(1):   
   >   
   >"(f) Information shall not be classified in order to:   
   >   
   >(1) Conceal inefficiency, violations of law, or administrative error;   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   >TL;DR:  what they're doing is a violation of the SCG & Federal Law.   
   >Information should only be classified for genuine national security   
   >interests, not to protect individuals or agencies from shame, because   
   >doing so undermines transparency, accountability, and trust.   
   >   
   >-hh   
      
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