Gates: If You Don’t Have Markings, It Is Tough to Tell Whether Email’s Classified or Not

‘Why are you giving it to me as a talking point if it’s classified Top Secret?’

GATES: "And I would look at somebody and say I’m about to tell a foreign leader what is on this of paper that’s marked Top Secret. And that’s going to do serious damage to the United States? Why are you giving it to me as a talking point if it’s classified Top Secret? So it is tough sometimes. If you don’t have any markings on a piece of paper, it is tough sometimes to tell whether it’s classified or not."

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