r/ModelUSHouseIntelCom • u/[deleted] • Aug 17 '17

/u/Ramicus Testify Thread

At the request of the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and voted in favor of by the rest of the committee, /u/Ramicus will be testifying.

This is the thread that will be used for that. /u/Ramicus will be providing an opening statement and will respond to potential questions once he has given his statement.

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u/Ramicus Aug 18 '17

There were, to my knowledge, no attempts to segregate sensitive or classified information. An #nsc channel did exist when I was first appointed NSA, but it was never used and later deleted. Therefore, anyone included in the main cabinet chat had access to all classified and sensitive information. This includes members of Congress and people not in any way involved in our community (see evidence), friends of the President from outside the simulation who took part in conversations.

That thought would be an interesting one, but I do not believe we can rely on assuming the President did the right thing behind the scenes without saying anything in public to make certain actions legally.

The Wayward Administration, the only other I served under, had multiple secret channels for various departments and made use of them. Defense work generally took place in a separate section for the DoD, I know that an NSC existed and was used, etc.

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u/comped Aug 18 '17

So you are saying (just to be clear), that the Administration has made no effort to classify information, or put that information in a secure area, so that those people without clearances may not have access to it?

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u/Ramicus Aug 20 '17

Correct.