The purpose of security classifications is to protect the material from being known to those who would pose a threat to your security. While on active duty in the Air Force, I occasionally received, sent and created classified documents. It was my responsibility to be sure it was correctly protected, went only to those with an appropriate clearance and a need to know, properly stored when in my organization and carried the correct classification if I created it.

If Secretary Clinton does not know the difference between information that does or does not need security classification, and does not know how to securely protect it, she should not have a security clearance, and therefore is not qualified to be a commander in chief/president. She is incapable of protecting our country.

That is scary for our security. Handling classified documents and communications is serious to the security of our nation, and any military and civilians working in the U.S. government knows the importance and the responsibility that goes with it.

Larry Brickman

Bellevue