He should never have broken security, doesn’t matter how long ago it happened. His superior knew what he did and the rest of the people and the world do not need to know — it can only cause problems for the country.
Things are classified for a reason.
And what reason would that be?
I have a friend who is suspicious of him, because he wonders why the Navy would keep a potential PR victory silent?
Laughing at you. There is not a single possible reason that a dogfight from 64 years ago needs to be classified today. Can anyone imagine the shooting down of the red baron being classified as Reagan was sworn in?
Freakin’ retarded.
The article doesn’t say whether they were Russian, Chicom, or Korcom fighters (unless I missed it).
My guess is that it must have happened on the other side of the Yalu or something like that, hence the secrecy.
If that is the case, I don’t see a problem with him disclosing it. I agree it is problematic for individuals deciding what classified material they will release or not, but I can’t see where this makes much difference.
Sure it does. Some items are marked to be declassified after so many years. That could be 5 years, 10 years or even 50 years. There comes a time when security is no longer applicable. For example, should the F-117 still be classified? Besides, you assume that he was the one who broke security without permission.
I propose a change in the law. In a Republic you have a duty to tell it all to the citizenry who paid for the expedition after 50 years. 50 years is enough time for the government to get its shiite together about what missions were carried out.
I don't care if its about how we accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on South Carolina, or infected civilian populations with specially fitted Chevy Bel Airs, or the freaks from Jekyll island hired a patsy to kill JFK. That is the balance point for a free society with national security needs. 50 years. Just as the right age for humans to explore sex is 18. It just is.
Things are classified for a reason, but also they have declassification dates for a reason. There are no secrets from that period that should remain classified except for humint. Many exploits from WWII were detailed in numerous venues long before they were officially declassified.
The vast majority of docs that remain classified were marked OADR—Originating Agency’s Determination Required. That’s kind of hard to get when the OA is long defunct. That caveat is no longer allowed, and the standard classification period is 25 years—plenty long enough to protect most secrets.
It says it was kept top secret for fifty years, during that time he didn’t talk about it. Now he can.
Things are classified for a reason.
. . . so that no honest American will know what Hillary Clinton - and anyone she shares with, intentionally or not - knows.
Hillary had motive and opportunity to hire Craig Livingstone, and her secret - at least from us - server shows that Livingstone’s behavior towards classified information is in character for Hillary.
Today it’s widely known that there was an entire Soviet aviation regiment flying MiG-15’s with Chinese and NK markings. It’s also been accepted that our F-86’s crossed the Yalu to orbit Chinese and even Soviet airbases to prevent them from taking off. When the authorities de-classify they are going to have a heckuva time enforcing secrecy agreements.