CNN claims that it’s illegal for you to read Wikileaks documents without their filter

Great comment SPC Greg K.. I haven't watched CNN I so long, I remember the reason with your post.

The arrogance, pretentiousness, and condescension of those people are disgusting. Stick with Fox News. I watch both and it's absolutely AMAZING all the news stories that Fox talks about and CNN, NBC, ABC and the rest simply don't report You will NEVER get the true story form them...it's SCARY!!! Fox News covers most aspects, they too have their downfalls but cover sooooo much more.

Good question SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth. Maybe CNN is trying to be too big for their britches.

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I see what you're saying here but, having an "unclassified" system is still a "classisfied" system...it's "classified" as "unclassified" or "FOUO"...which is different than info that is declassified. Personal systems are not associated with a "classification" as such and are not subject to monitoring. Nor do you have to consent to monitoring on your personal system...ie...personal laptop or smart phone. So, if someone were to Google the wikileak documents on their own system and read it, you're not violating any rules. If you were to read something that was leaked to the public and does have a "classification" marking on it, it's not a violation to the reader but to the releaser. Yes, you are correct that just because a document has a classification marking on it, and is released to the public, does not change the "classification" of the content. But that doesn't mean that CNN or any media has exclusive rights to it either. And, it doesn't mean the reader has violated anything. Correct me if if I'm wrong, but, I think what you mean is that when you hear something on the news, that you know to have a certain "classification", it doesn't mean it has been declassified (which is different than "unclassified") and should not be discussed as if it were declassified. Furthermore, the Communist News Network (CNN) has no authority to dictate what a U.S. citizen (or anyone for that matter) can and can't read on wikileak. IMHO...I'm not a lawyer either but did stay at a Holliday Inn Express.

SPC Greg K. - And I completely understand that. However, if I put knowing Classified documents on my personal laptop, I still think that would could as spillage.

And I'm definitely not saying that any media outlet has any more right to it than the American public. But, oddly enough, the American public HAS more rights to "leaked" documents than Active military members do.

Ya, that's kind of a murky scenario Major....I was looking at it from a regular Joe Blow civilians perspective, like CNN's intended target. It would be looked at differently if you are active duty. They call us GI's for a reason....