If the image is clear enough that it could conceivably be used as an aid to falsified badges, then there is probably a problem.
And I'd add that until we have better information, it'd probably be better to remove it and err on the side of caution.
Parker
On 2/7/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
For your consideration and consternation...
Is it: A) Ilegal B) Immoral C) Fattening
...if US Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Agency staffers remove an image repeatedly from a Wikipedia article, which came from a Department of Energy press photo, showing the Q clearance badge of the now-former head of NNSA. The claimed reason for deletion is that it's illegal to show the badge, despite the fact that Linton Brooks wore it in public all the time, there are numerous public press photos of it, and that the image in question came from an unclassified government press image freely released (though, they subsequently erased that section of the image with photoshop)...
Several of us have asked the people removing it to identify themselves and explain whether the image was subsequently classified or tell us what law prevents us from legally hosting it, if there is one, and have heard nothing back. All they are doing is deleting it over and over again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Q_clearance&action=history
-- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
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