Maybe this belongs in the Biden Admin policy thread, but it is enough of a niche that maybe it can stand alone.
Spy chiefs look to declassify intel after rare plea from 4-star commanders
Nine four-star commanders (4x9=36) ask that the intel community move quicker to declassify info "help in the information war against Russia and China."
A lot of classified info is classified to protect sources and methods (revealing how the U.S. came by the info would get the source turned off). A lot is classified because it is simply embarrassing. The rest is classified because the originator did not know whether or not to classify the info. There is no penalty for overclassifying stuff, but the is a penalty for underclassifying stuff.
Except when the U.S. government overclassifies info like the Chinese government is spreading the rumor that Covid ws developed in Ft. Dietrich and brought to Wuhan by U.S. soldiers, or that the Russians are spreading the rumor that the Skrypal murder was really a CIA plot, the overclassification hampers the U.S. response.
Nine combatant commanders (EUCOM, CENTCOM, PACOM, SOUTHCOM, SOCOM, NORTHCOM, etc.) have asked DNI to help declassify such things so the U.S. government can respond in a more agile manner.
Seems smart. Hope it happens. Russia and the Chinese kick America's butt all over the informational battlefield. Putin's chief of staff, Dmitri Peskov calls the director of RT and say, "You know the Boss had your predecessor killed, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"It would be a shame if we had to repeat an op like that."
"Yes, sir."
"Would you mind covering this story and adopting the following narrative in regards to the story?"
Spy chiefs look to declassify intel after rare plea from 4-star commanders
Nine four-star commanders (4x9=36) ask that the intel community move quicker to declassify info "help in the information war against Russia and China."
A lot of classified info is classified to protect sources and methods (revealing how the U.S. came by the info would get the source turned off). A lot is classified because it is simply embarrassing. The rest is classified because the originator did not know whether or not to classify the info. There is no penalty for overclassifying stuff, but the is a penalty for underclassifying stuff.
Except when the U.S. government overclassifies info like the Chinese government is spreading the rumor that Covid ws developed in Ft. Dietrich and brought to Wuhan by U.S. soldiers, or that the Russians are spreading the rumor that the Skrypal murder was really a CIA plot, the overclassification hampers the U.S. response.
Nine combatant commanders (EUCOM, CENTCOM, PACOM, SOUTHCOM, SOCOM, NORTHCOM, etc.) have asked DNI to help declassify such things so the U.S. government can respond in a more agile manner.
Seems smart. Hope it happens. Russia and the Chinese kick America's butt all over the informational battlefield. Putin's chief of staff, Dmitri Peskov calls the director of RT and say, "You know the Boss had your predecessor killed, right?"
"Yes, sir."
"It would be a shame if we had to repeat an op like that."
"Yes, sir."
"Would you mind covering this story and adopting the following narrative in regards to the story?"
