Obama: The Word 'Classified' Means Whatever We Need It To Mean (techdirt.com)

An anonymous reader writes: During an interview with Fox News, President Obama said "There's classified, and then there's classified" when trying to answer questions about an ongoing investigation about Hillary Clinton and her emails. Techdirt writes, "Clinton sent, received and stored classified info on a private email server. But some classified info is more equal than others. It all depends on who has it and how the current administration feels about that person. Clinton playing fast and loose with classified info is subject to an entirely different standard than the large number of whistleblowers the Obama administration has prosecuted over the years." President Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that while Hillary Clinton had been careless in managing her emails as secretary of state, she would never intentionally do anything to endanger the country. Obama says, "There's stuff that is really top-secret, and there's stuff that is being presented to the president or the secretary of state that you might not want on the transom, or going out over the wire, but is basically stuff that you could get in open-source." Basically, classification means all things to all people, as long as it allows officials and agencies to control narratives and disrupt public accountability.

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Re:Well, duh

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I thought we need to air out these opinions, and have these discussions? Well that's what was said during the last SJW post, which was, what, a couple of hours ago? Suddenly we need to shut up.

If it were anyone but the Left's best hope for the Presidency, she'd be in jail. What if Ted Cruz had set up his own email server and received any material at all, not even classified? Just trying to avoid public records requests? There are one set of standards for us and another for your kind. That's the huge issue here.