"Classified" is not a classification.
In the 28 years I worked with classified documents, I never once saw one marked "classified."
Every one bore one of the three classification markings
DA Journalists.
I agree completely based on my experience with classified material.
said the email was marked classified not the physical document.
some email applicatoins allows you to classify your emails. It’s up to the sender of course to make that determination.
But of course. Journalism is the most poorly educated profession there is. At any news outlet the military “expert”, legal “expert”, or any other “expert” is a person who got placed there because that desk was vacant when they hired on. They learned about their subject from reading news media and it shows, you learn more about the legal system from watching the Dukes of Hazzard.
Don’t disagree - but will say that I personally touched at least 5 if you include NOFORN, Confidential, Secret, Top Secret, then there were some compartmentalized things of which I only touched one to carry it across the room.
Maybe they mean they had one of those 3 you mention
As a lowly aviation sailor (75-81)that was my knowledge, also. Confidential, Secret, Top Secret. I've read there is one more top tier nowadays.
However, when I converted to Navy Counselor (81-87), I was tasked with handling and administering the Bupers examination tests for those qualified for the next pay grade on the ship. They were wrapped in sealed translucent blue plastic with the front page that stated "CLASSIFIED". Once opened on my authority, there was no other designation.
Also, when I volunteered to be an armed guard on same ship for if and when we had nukes aboard, I signed a statement and it was stamped "SECRET" on the first page inside, but "CLASSIFIED" on the cover sheet.
In my short time as a Naval Reserve Recruiter, I also saw folders stamped "CLASSIFIED". Again, there was no other designation inside. Since I discharged 2 years before you started, things have probably changed.
Throughout my Navy years (75-87) it was understood that enlisted, with the few exceptions like Radiomen and CIC personnel, were not to open anything stamped "CLASSIFIED". The general rule was not handle or read anything marked "CLASSIFIED" unless you had a certain clearance. But then, I'm pushing 68...