These are criminal matters. State can whitewash administratively all they want.
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Yours, TMN78247
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When I worked in a SCIF (For those that don't know that ACRONYM is: Secure Compartmented Information Facility) while in the military and I left with a thumb drive in my pocket. I was then randomly stopped by a security person my defense would be "I didn't mean to do it."
I don't think that would fly and I would no longer have my clearance. Different standard for the State Department I assume.