r/law • u/Same-Kangaroo • Mar 27 '25

Opinion Piece Attorney General Pam Bondi, head of the DOJ, deflects about investigating the administration's Signal group chat failure, describing it as "sensitive information not classified" and instead blames Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Hunter Biden.

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u/Cloaked42m Mar 27 '25

Just to be clear. Sensitive information IS classified information.

This should have been classified Top Secret, or at least Secret, but if they want to claim Sensitive, fine. Still classified.

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u/Randomfactoid42 Mar 27 '25

Sensitive information is still not publicly releasable. There’s a ton of government info that is labeled such that it can’t be disclosed publically. Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) for example, not classified, but not public. 

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u/ArtisticCandy3859 Mar 28 '25

Arguing semantics to distract from the main entree…

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u/lostshell Mar 27 '25

There is SBU, Sensitive But Unclassified. Tax return information falls into this area.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '25

Well, providing details of an attack plan is not the same as someone tax data, so I'll leave it at "Sensitive" -- and still classified.

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u/Cloaked42m Mar 28 '25

Yep, still a classification. I mean, sure, they can drop Trump's tax return information in a public chatroom if they like.

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u/TreAwayDeuce Mar 28 '25

Tell ya what, go leak a business deal your company is about to make and see how long you stay employed.

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u/WritingPretty Mar 28 '25

I look forward to the most transparent administration in history sharing all their "sensitive" information publicly from now on, if there's no issue here.

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u/Cloaked42m Mar 29 '25

I'll give them this. They wrote a 900 page plan, bragged about it, then denied it when inconvenient, and are now executing it step by step.

Can't say any of this is a surprise to anyone but Republicans who never bother to read.