befuddledone’s Comments

• Dec 5th, 2010 @ 5:50pm

  Its the law

  on How Denial Works: Library Of Congress Blocks Wikileaks
  I'm a federal employee and at our agency we have all been advised that under the oath we took when we signed on, we are obliged to follow the law. That means we are to NOT see or access documents that we are not authorized to see, or above our security classification. US documents on WikiLeaks remain classified despite their wide distribution and until they are declassified, we would violate the law should we go to wikileaks, even on our personal internet accounts. While prosecution may be a non-starter for people who violate this, I believe every federal civilian agency has blocked wikileaks to remain compliant with the law.
  
  Yes it's dumb and a catch-22 type situation, but you know how lawyers are!