James Comey, for example, was referred by the Inspector General to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution because one of his memos contained a tiny amount of similar information: the President's views on the relative importance of two countries (one of which was Russia) and when to return their calls. Comey’s content was far milder and only 6 words, but even it was classified at the CONFIDENTIAL level, i.e would cause “damage to national security”. President Trump’s transcript was SECRET because it had far more information and far stronger views about a key US [[foreign policy]], [[Magnitsky Act|Russia sanctions]]. A SECRET classification was clearly warranted, and the call did contain sensitive national security information. The whistleblower and their White House official mole were wrong, or lying when they said the transcript “did not contain anything remotely sensitive”.<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1177328967105286156.html</ref> | James Comey, for example, was referred by the Inspector General to the Department of Justice for potential criminal prosecution because one of his memos contained a tiny amount of similar information: the President's views on the relative importance of two countries (one of which was Russia) and when to return their calls. Comey’s content was far milder and only 6 words, but even it was classified at the CONFIDENTIAL level, i.e would cause “damage to national security”. President Trump’s transcript was SECRET because it had far more information and far stronger views about a key US [[foreign policy]], [[Magnitsky Act|Russia sanctions]]. A SECRET classification was clearly warranted, and the call did contain sensitive national security information. The whistleblower and their White House official mole were wrong, or lying when they said the transcript “did not contain anything remotely sensitive”.<ref>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1177328967105286156.html</ref> |