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Barton Gellman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whoâs worked mostly for The Washington Post, spoke last month at Purdue University as a âDawn or Doomâ colloquium. It involved his take on national security matters, an area of renowned expertise for somebody who was both conduit for and analyst of Edward Snowdenâs National Security Agency leaks.
He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdueâs lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.
He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdueâs lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.
Now, writing for The Century Foundation, for which he also works, he indicates that three slides used during his 90-minute presentation contained classified materials. Technically, they remain classified despite the fact that the information can be found on the Internet and has been viewed by millions worldwide.
He notes that the university has whatâs called a âfacility security clearance,â which permits its own involvement in classified research but also ââsanitization, physical removal or destructionâ of classified information discovered on unauthorized media.ââ
That would mean even ditching video on a college server of a keynote presentation made on campus.
As he explains, his reference to classified materials surfaced during a question and answer period. That prompted somebody in the audience to then file whatâs known as a âbreach reportâ with the university. That brought the whole issue to a Pentagon agency that oversees non-governmental groups, like a university, working with classified materials.
Purdue deletes video of Bart Gellman speech, cites use of classified material | Poynter.
Well, that's one way to destroy a university.
Barton Gellman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whoâs worked mostly for The Washington Post, spoke last month at Purdue University as a âDawn or Doomâ colloquium. It involved his take on national security matters, an area of renowned expertise for somebody who was both conduit for and analyst of Edward Snowdenâs National Security Agency leaks.
He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdueâs lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.
He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdueâs lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.
Now, writing for The Century Foundation, for which he also works, he indicates that three slides used during his 90-minute presentation contained classified materials. Technically, they remain classified despite the fact that the information can be found on the Internet and has been viewed by millions worldwide.
He notes that the university has whatâs called a âfacility security clearance,â which permits its own involvement in classified research but also ââsanitization, physical removal or destructionâ of classified information discovered on unauthorized media.ââ
That would mean even ditching video on a college server of a keynote presentation made on campus.
As he explains, his reference to classified materials surfaced during a question and answer period. That prompted somebody in the audience to then file whatâs known as a âbreach reportâ with the university. That brought the whole issue to a Pentagon agency that oversees non-governmental groups, like a university, working with classified materials.
Purdue deletes video of Bart Gellman speech, cites use of classified material | Poynter.
Well, that's one way to destroy a university.
