This is a great draft and you have collated many core ideas. Thank you for doing this!
As a matter of practical implementation, I think it’s a good idea to always have a draft of official, approved statements of capabilities that can be rehearsed by any individual who may find themselves in a situation where they need to discuss them. These statements can be thoroughly vetted for second- and higher-order information leakage ahead of time, instead of trying to evaluate in real-time what their statements might reveal. It can be counterproductive in many circumstances to only be able to say “I can’t talk about that”. It also gives people a framework to practice this skill ahead of time in a lower-stakes environment, and the more people who are already read in at a classification level have a chance to vet the statement, the better the chance of catching issues.
The downside of formalizing this process is that you end up with a repository of highly sensitive information, but it seems obvious that you want to practice with weapons and keep them in a safe, rather than just let everyone run around throwing punches with no training.
This is a great draft and you have collated many core ideas. Thank you for doing this!
As a matter of practical implementation, I think it’s a good idea to always have a draft of official, approved statements of capabilities that can be rehearsed by any individual who may find themselves in a situation where they need to discuss them. These statements can be thoroughly vetted for second- and higher-order information leakage ahead of time, instead of trying to evaluate in real-time what their statements might reveal. It can be counterproductive in many circumstances to only be able to say “I can’t talk about that”. It also gives people a framework to practice this skill ahead of time in a lower-stakes environment, and the more people who are already read in at a classification level have a chance to vet the statement, the better the chance of catching issues.
The downside of formalizing this process is that you end up with a repository of highly sensitive information, but it seems obvious that you want to practice with weapons and keep them in a safe, rather than just let everyone run around throwing punches with no training.