XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   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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