@snberk341 Classified information is classified information. It is nto necessary to separate the two because they were both CLASSIFIED pieces of information. What exactly si contained in a classified document or video or whatever else does not change the meaning of the word CLASSIFIED. Don't start this debate of what is acceptable and what isn't based on the nature of the material. Classified is classified is classified. It's not one person'd ecision to determine whether or not information should be classified or not. And, what this young man did was take it upon himself to let classified information into the general public's view. Whether or not you agree with the information leaked or not is totally unimportant to this whole issue. It's NOT YOUR DECISION.
To give an example people might relate to, let's say you were accused of cheating on your wife. Now, the person that accused you had only told you that they believed you were doing so, and confronted your wife. That person later chose to leak this information to someone else, who spread the word like a wildfire. Would you be mad? Does it matter if you really cheated on your wife or not? No. The fact that it happened is bad enough all by itself. The difference here is that tis information is protected by law, and leaking it is not just unethical, but also illegal. It doesn't matter if it was a video of the top generals of the US armies playing with imaginary unicorns in a field of daisies on a sunny day, and talking about rainbows for a half hour. Why? Because it was CLASSIFIED. I feel like I'm beating a dead horse here, but you are clearly missing the point. The video and the rest of the information all fall under the classified umbrella, and are tehrefore all the same, sharing that common link.
As for thsoe who have made death threats against Adrian for this, what an absolute embarassment to themselves. You can try and come up with a million justifications for how they are thinking or what logic they are using or blah blah blah, but it all boils down to adults (assuming they are) acting like children, stupid children at that. It's those people that we definitely need less of in society. The good news is that, just like the rest of us, they will one day die.
--Master Joe
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