Rumsfeld Issues Warning on Handling of Classified Information

By Dan Dupont / September 12, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today called on government employees to take greater care with classified information, suggesting leaks could put the lives of "men and women in uniform" at risk and compromise U.S. responses to terrorist attacks. In a brief meeting with reporters, Rumsfeld said in his opening remarks that he wanted to say "a word or two to the men and women in the defense establishment, most of whom deal with classified information." Noting a "relaxation of tensions" since...

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