JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. –
The Air Force has provided clarification not to go to the WikiLeaks web site and download classified information. There has been rumor that information is no longer classified because it resides in the public domain, however, this is not true. If someone does download such a document on any computer, the documents are considered classified and must be treated as a formal classified incident. Computer systems will be confiscated and sanitized.
According to the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, "despite circumstances surrounding the WikiLeaks, all Air Force personnel must continue to protect similar or identical information commensurate with the level of classification assigned."