State officials can hear secrets too
Governors and other local and state officials likely will get to share in classified information from the Feds, according to a new executive order signed by President Obama. It’s the White House’s attempt to try to make its processes for sharing classified information with non-federal officials more formalized.
The executive order doesn’t change previous orders on national security classification or who gets access to secrets, but it is meant to increase the sharing of classified information among officials at all levels. ….
