see url: https://cryptome.org/2016/05/roark-132.pdf
I see that Diane Rourke is still having difficulty getting the remains
of her hard disk back. Instead the US government has given up on
returning her hard disk and is resorting to a paper resume. Apparently,
can't make up its mind whether there are 132 or 133 documents which are
unclassified and have asked for an extension of time to investigate
further, due to a problem with their software...(nuffink new there
then...). I don't know why they don't use the medium of papyrus, surely
that would be considered as more authentic, as it is amongst the most
ancient of the written media. It is costing an awful lot of money and
resources apparently, as they are having to get their facts right,
because every time their experts get it wrong, then good ole Diana puts
in another court appeal to get it sorted. The trouble with this case of
course is that the US government has this terrible habit of classifying
everything as top secret until such time as it can be declassified and
then when it is declassified, they have forgotten that they have
declassified it. Then they think that they have classified a document
only to find that it has been unclassified, then they discover that the
classification/declassification is a conditional classification or
declassification, allowable in the public domain, but not in the public
court in which Diana is pursuing her case. This leads to another
problem like the classified Snowden documents which are publicly known
all over the world, but are still classified and what the US government
is to do about them. Who would want to be a national security agent and
secrecy legal expert these days...apart from the huge amounts of money
of course...and if they get it wrong....who pays...not them...but the US
taxpayer...cest la vie...
ATB
Dougie.
