Comments on: Why did Broadwell have access to classified information?

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:13:17 +0000

Who will write the expose of Benghazigate- "ALL OUT"?

By: AZCoyote

AZCoyote — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:31:20 +0000

This is interesting:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/12/confirmed-us-was-holding-prisoners-at-benghazi-consulate/

Plus, the Daily Mail is running a story about Broadwell’s family, in which her father claims that the revelation of the affair was deliberately used to provide cover for a much bigger scandal. A scandal about the CIA holding prisoners, or about Obama secretly running guns to the Syrian opposition, or . . . what?

By: BigWyo

BigWyo — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:56:26 +0000

I’m also a military reservist with a top secret/SCI clearance and then some.

Hmmmm..then you've probably heard the term "Need to Know" there toots...

By: Russ86

Russ86 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:00:07 +0000

A TS and then some? A TS is about it, everything else depends on need to know. Just because someone has a TS with access in one, or a few areas, in the performance of their duties does not mean they get access to something outside that arena. Having a clearance does not mean she should have been granted access to operations she was not involved in, especially in the capacity she was in, as a writer/journalist. I think one thing many people with clearances get confused with too is if you require a TS for one job and you move to another billet that only requires a secret, you no longer get access to TS, even if your TS was adjudicated 1 year ago. Everything depends on your need to know, not your want to know.

By: Mitoch55

Mitoch55 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:52:34 +0000

One other thing, those who take their security clearances seriously don’t go around blabbing about them.

By: IrishEyes

IrishEyes — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:51:45 +0000

Why? This is a self-compliment to anyone nowdays. Shy Guy on November 12, 2012 at 12:26 PM
Because they can’t hide behind “freedom of the press”, she has to answer where and whom… right2bright on November 12, 2012 at 12:35 PM

Because she won't get a "free pass" from the LSM now.

By: Mitoch55

Mitoch55 — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:51:42 +0000

Why did Broadwell have access to classified information?

“I’m also a military reservist with a top secret/SCI clearance and then some”

There you go

faraway on November 12, 2012 at 12:18 PM

Doubtful she had an operational “need to know.” One of the primary criteria for dissemination of classified material.

But, journalists don’t have security clearances and are not subject to background investigations.

Newsflash – neither do elected officials. Think President Obama would be a able to get the clearance he has without being elected to the highest civilian post in the land? Not with his background and associations, he wouldn’t.

By: Washington Nearsider

Washington Nearsider — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:48:26 +0000

In any event, Broadwell said she did not consider herself a journalist.

No ‘Freedom of the Press’ defense anymore.

By: MayBee

MayBee — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:35:37 +0000

Maybe she was working on the OBL movie with Kathryn Bigelow.

By: right2bright

right2bright — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:35:04 +0000

Why? This is a self-compliment to anyone nowdays.

Shy Guy on November 12, 2012 at 12:26 PM

Because they can’t hide behind “freedom of the press”, she has to answer where and whom…