[fnordfnordfnord]

>You don't classify innocuous material just because it might be embarrassing.

You're wrong. That's a well-known, ongoing, and acknowledged problem in the US which even has its own act of Congress as an attempt to deal with the problem.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr553

Here, if you like a good Catch-22: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121126/01371621143/defen...

[mpyne]

I'm not saying no one has broken the law or regulation. I'm saying that's what the regulation describes as "national security information".