re: #25 RealityBasedSteve

When I was in the Army during the First Gulf War, I was the unit’s Comsec and classified document custodian. With Classified stuff to have access to it normally you have to have both a ‘Right To Know’ (appropriate clearance) and a “Need To Know” (valid reason to see it). Sounds like he was in a position where he had access (like I did) to a lot of documents he didn’t have a “Need” to access.

I’m curious, I would think (hope?) that a system holding that much highly classified stuff would have positive logging on all access and attempts. Did he have the ability to reset logs, or was he working under spoofed accts?

RBS

Might have been responsible for the logs? Bad procedure to be sure but this was FUBAR’d to a nearly unprecedented level.