Quote Originally Posted by Schmedlap View Post
On the other hand, I don't understand how people get away with this crap. Classified information is not for the public domain and I have received a fair amount of briefings that warned me about possible jail time if I were to do something like this. Why do the powers that be seem to ignore this stuff? Is it simply because the information (in this case) is harmless? This seems like a pretty straightforward case of breaking the law. I am reminded of the drug legalization thread where there was discussion about soft drugs as a "gateway" to hard drugs. Likewise, it seems that stealing FOUO is a gateway to stealing Secret, which is a gateway to stealing Secret with various caveats, and so on.
And yet at the same time, we have people here being put on administrative leave and under investigation for sticking a thumb drive into their NIPR. I am not condoning the practice mind you, but I have seen similar laxity in enforcing the rules on handling classified information, so this sort of thing puzzles me.