On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 09:08:13PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: > When you hold a government clearance you aren't supposed to even > discuss stuff that is "common knowledge" because by doing so you may > verify or discount information that may or may not be correct.
Bullshit. Sure the secrecy Nazi's may want you to sew your lip shut and never talk again, but in reality, they can't stop you as long as you don't reveal secret information, and it is certainly possible to write a short email without having any possibility of revealing secrets. On the other hand, it makes people feel very important to think that they and their job is so important that they have to be restricted from talking about things that everyone else can, so it is easy for people to be convinced that that is the case. They WANT to believe it. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
