A former US Navy Seal who wrote a bestseller about his role in the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden is to pay nearly $7m (£5m) to the government for violating non-disclosure agreements.
Matt Bissonette failed to get clearance from the Pentagon before the book No Easy Day was published in 2012.
He has agreed to forfeit all profits and royalties, as well as film rights and speaking fees.
In exchange, the government will dismiss other liability claims.
Source: BBC News
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 22 2016, @03:21PM
The authority to "sanitize" a secret document lies with the originating agency, right? The State Department didn't generate those documents. No authority to "sanitize" or otherwise alter the secret documents.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @03:28PM
> The authority to "sanitize" a secret document lies with the originating agency, right?
No. You are confusing sanitization with declassification. But its also irrelevant because...
> The State Department didn't generate those documents.
That's incorrect too.
Are you now through trying to retrench and ready to accept the facts?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 22 2016, @05:55PM
No, I'm not retrenching - it's you who has decided that Hillary has done no wrong. Those documents DID NOT all belong to State.
And, why are you even nitpicking? No INDIVIDUAL PERSON has the right to decide what is classified, and what is not. It's a department thing. There are procedures to follow. Protocols must be followed, or you have exactly what Hillary generated - chaos.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @06:08PM
> No INDIVIDUAL PERSON has the right to decide what is classified, and what is not.
That's why prepared classified documents usually include internal (C) markers on each classified item.
But more broadly you don't know what you are talking about. You've clearly never sanitized a classified document in your life. Probably never even handled one.
Absolutely none of the evidence supports your beliefs, but the backlash effect is operating on all cylinders.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 23 2016, @12:52AM
crickets...