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Originally Posted by gtahvit
Unfortunately it has to be that way. The problem is GM doesn't apply security clearances to everyone that they distribute their information to. How many 10's of thousands of people in the federal government have access to our national security secrets? If you can't use that classified information then what good is it. That means distributing it to those that need it.
As someone who has held a Security clearance since 93. I see this issue in black and white. I've seen people go to federal prison for using an unclassified copy machine to copy classified documents.
Admittedly, my example is a national security matter, not the same as GM. But, if you are willing to receive that information, then you accept the liability of protecting it. regardless of who provides it to you.
That's how I see it.
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Loose lips sink ships. I was in the Air Force and had a top secret clearance. I have a lesser clearance now as a civilian. Even within the federal government Ops Sec is not always followed and information is released. Some people are foreign agents and pass it on for love of country, others sell it for a large amount of money and others are sympathetic to dangerous causes.
IMO it's hypocritical of GM and/or that dealer to let so many different people have access to that "confidential" information and then be shocked when it's leaked. It's simply too easy these days for information to be copied and sent around the world in mere seconds. I feel both the dealer and GM were negligent in protecting that information and they wanted to scapegoat some body.
