Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Let me Clarify Date:   9/8/2016 9:19:09 AM

one point.  If something is classified, it is classified even if it is reported on the evening news. First of all, the only person that can declassify something is the source that classified it in the first place.  Secondly, just because the news reports it, doesn't mean that the government is willing to acknowledge  it.  Thirdly, while the overall "thing" may be in the public domain, the details may still be classified. 

Now someone might not like those rules, but they are what they are.   Oh, and by the way, it is a security violation to talk around something classified, in a non-secure environment.