Federal Prosecutors Tempt the Streisand Effect

decora writes "As the case of NSA IT guru Thomas Andrews Drake nears trial, the fur has been flying between the defense and prosecution lawyers. Earlier this week the judge ordered the sealing of a defense motion because the government claimed it contained classified information. The problem? The document had been sitting on the Federation of American Scientists website for several days. Another problem: the document is marked 'Unclassified' in big bold letters at the top of the page."

Comments

Re:A quick primer on classifications

[Hatta]

It doesn't appear the government has asserted the document is classified - that's a term of art meaning that the release of the data would compromise national security in some way.

By "compromise national security" you mean "embarrass the US government", right?

Re:Let's see them explain this one...

[SharpFang]

Of course the document has been deemed misclassified only after it has been found essential to the defense.