Legal Question in Military Law in Georgia

Re: Violation of Security Clearance

Under executive order and federal statute there is something called a general declassification schedule. If your job involved working with or producing material that was classified as Confidential, Secret or Top Secret, there are declassification schedules that set out how long material can be kept at that classification. It may be safe for you to talk about but only if the material was not subject to something called XGDS1 or XGDS2.

Under the general declassification schedules there are categories of material that are exempt from general declassification because to do so would reveal methods of collecting intelligence.

Generally speaking, if your job involved the production of codeword intelligence (and if you don't know what that means you probably weren't involved) you are covered by an exception to the general declassification schedule and may not ever disclose it.

When you took your military job, there were certain requirements, including the signature of an "official secrets" document where you were bound to protect classified information. A breach of that agreement today would start the clock on a statute of limitations.

If you are in doubt, the safest course is to protect your information.