What's the point in even discussing these matters with you? I know you're not ignorant of these issues, yet you argue against them repeatedly. Your gimmick is stale, man. Everyone who has a lick of knowledge in government classification knows that government classifies in an abundance more than is necessary and it is to hide inconvenient facts, journalists know this, transparency hounds know this, government workers know this, etc.
lol over classification means something different than what you're talking about. But yes, it is a problem.
You claim that the reason the 28 pages are classified is because of sources, means and methods. How can that be true if you haven't read the 28 pages?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THINGS GET CLASSIFIED. That's it, as far as intelligence goes. Technology gets classified, but that's well outside the realm of intelligence (which is what the report deals with).
You didn't even know the title of the section. But you act as if it is beyond your comprehension that in those 28 pages, it says something like Saudi Arabia officials and intelligence professionals helped facilitate and coordinate the 9/11 attacks.
lol
BECAUSE I KNOW WHY THINGS ARE CLASSIFIED. Seriously, you don't seem to know anything about intelligence community, so I'm not sure why you have such strong feelings about it. As I said, that (the Saudi thing) has nothing to do with what I'm saying, regardless of whether it'd be true or not. And I tried to explain that to you, but I guess I'll repeat it: whether or not that's what it says, it would be classified because that information would jeopardize sources or means and methods. Or both.
For example, let's say Putin has a weird freckle on his balls and he keeps it a secret and the US knew of it. That information would end up being classified, not because people are trying to keep poor Jango in the dark and classifying pointless things, but because if it got out that the US knew it, Russia would then know that Putin's wife/girlfriend/physician/whatever had most likely been turned and was working with foreign intelligence agents. If there's a Chinese sub that sinks and China keeps it a secret, but the US finds out about it and what the last thing the radio operator said was, that information gets classified. Not to keep Jango at debatepolitics.com down, and to take away his precious freedoms, but because if it got out, it would indicate to China that the US had broken their cryptography and was listening to their transmissions.
So 28 pages are classified. I know you think there's a good chance it's something nefarious and evil and it's a big ol cover up and if only Jango and like-minded individuals knew it, they could force this government to change and respect your god-given constitutional rights. I'm saying those pages are classified to protect sources (as would be the probable result of the Putin scenario) or means and methods (the probable result of the China example). You can talk about Saudi Arabia and Wahhabis and whatever til you're blue in the face, that's not gonna change why those pages were classified,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHY THINGS ARE CLASSIFIED. I don't care if you think that's stale, I think your repeated criticism of something you know nothing about is pretty stale.
"Hey guys, the Nissan Sonata sure does suck! That SUV is horrible! ...What? Oh it's a Hyundai? It's not an SUV? Whatever, it still sucks!" Learn about things before you jump into complaining about them, it might be helpful.