Purdue deletes video of Bart Gellman speech, cites use of classified material

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Now you see it, now you don’t.

Barton Gellman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who’s worked mostly for The Washington Post, spoke last month at Purdue University as a “Dawn or Doom” colloquium. It involved his take on national security matters, an area of renowned expertise for somebody who was both conduit for and analyst of Edward Snowden’s National Security Agency leaks.

He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdue’s lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.

He was promised a video of the presentation but then told that Purdue’s lawyers had said no to that notion or otherwise publishing the video.

Now, writing for The Century Foundation, for which he also works, he indicates that three slides used during his 90-minute presentation contained classified materials. Technically, they remain classified despite the fact that the information can be found on the Internet and has been viewed by millions worldwide.

He notes that the university has what’s called a “facility security clearance,” which permits its own involvement in classified research but also “‘sanitization, physical removal or destruction’ of classified information discovered on unauthorized media.’”

That would mean even ditching video on a college server of a keynote presentation made on campus.

As he explains, his reference to classified materials surfaced during a question and answer period. That prompted somebody in the audience to then file what’s known as a “breach report” with the university. That brought the whole issue to a Pentagon agency that oversees non-governmental groups, like a university, working with classified materials.
Purdue deletes video of Bart Gellman speech, cites use of classified material | Poynter.

Well, that's one way to destroy a university.