Classified Documents Are Supposed To Be Controlled
Dear Editor,
There’s much in the news about the mishandling of classified material by high ranking people, both Democrats and Republicans. One of them was former Vice President Pence, who claims he “forgot” and to his defense the box was reported to have been sealed when found.
Trump didn’t try to play dumb about it and is in fact the only one that at least had some level of authorization to at least have it in his possession outside of the secure facility, but as to if he was fully authorized to have it at his home is still being argued.
Then there’s doddering Uncle Joe.
Like Pence, he did not have the authorization to remove or retain classified material as has been found. Remember, all this took place when he was VP, not president, and in fact it even goes back to when he was a senator. While the material that was found on Trump’s property was in one place and was actually secured, Joe’s stuff was found in multiple places, in one case in a garage with his Vet out in the open where his drugged addled son and God knows who else had access to it.
The question I have is what about the people that are responsible for maintaining and controlling this stuff. What kind of control were they supposed to exercise? What about their accountability?
When I was in the military and had to handle classified material I had to sign it out and then sign it back in again. If I tried to walk out with it I was slammed up against the wall, handcuffed and walked to the stockade. You’re not allowed to leave the facility until all material is accounted for. After a joint forces command exercise in a facility I once worked in, I was making a sweep of the area after everybody left and found a folder with real time, as in 2-3 days old, information on a Navy aircraft carrier’s equipment status, including aircraft and weapons status.
Why didn’t anybody check the logs to ensure material signed out was returned? I mean look at Uncle Joe. He had stuff for how long…years? But again, why was there no inventory control at the facility? I have yet to hear anybody question that.
There’s a lot more to all this that isn’t being discussed or questioned. I wonder why? Questions need asking.
Carpe diem,
Alan Marshall
trivial stuff without any proven damage. if i was king, i would demand secrecy in order to disseminate misinformation. the sheer volume of all the secret PAPER makes it inaccessible. everybody’s challenge. is ALL your paperwork in order ? i checked the spammer box – see how i lie !
Your willingness to excuse Trump (or his people) who twice lied that ‘all classified documents had been returned’ and now claims he only kept the folders just shows your bias is blind to actual truth of events. All these leaders need to be held accountable for mishandling of these documents regardless party alliance. But we fully understand you a loyal sheep to your party.
Maybe it’s me, but I missed any television showing helicopters and federal agents surrounding the Biden residence at night with helicopters overhead.
Thank you for making the point clearly Joe.
LOL, because Joe and Mike volunteered the issue and coordinated further searchers versus telling authorities lies as the Trump team did. Note, they searched Biden’s home with his administration’s support and therefore didn’t require helicopters overhead.
Your denial of the full truth of these factors is just silly.
Well, he called out Pence directly and did not entirely excuse Trump either, so what’s your argument about party again? The larger point of the article is that there is a real problem with the process of handling classified documents. Rather than blaming individuals who mishandle them, he is asking how is no one enforcing existing procedures that should prevent any documents from going missing in the first place.
Thank you Don, YOU saw my point.
He clearly gave Trump a pass by how he chose to ignore many of the more appalling aspects of the Trump breach. In particular the fact they lied TWICE about having turned over all documents and their refusal to coordinate with proper authorities.
Sorry to ruin your little circle jerk about demonizing democrats while ignore the similar or worse acts of republicans. LOL
(Looking at Joe & Don, shaking my head and sighing) Guys, please forgive him.
You still can’t get passed politics to see the larger point. Procedures need to be in place to prevent any classified documents from being mishandled. Party affiliation and who took which papers is just a distraction from the larger problem. Get over the politics Chris and admit the procedures themselves are the problem.
Your verbiage is disgusting, like you, Chris the Bigot.
Libraries across America can track a missing book better than the National Archives can track sensitive documents. Perhaps Biden should clean house in that department.
Classified docs…such bovine scatology. If we lived in a republic, as intended, why would Brobdingnagian amounts of documents be kept secret from the people? Heck, they still will not let us see the details of the investigation of the JFK murder in 1963. There’s no innocent explanation for that other than CIA involvement.
The cabal for whom Biden is the figurehead is shunting him aside for the least of his crimes (the documents). If they did it for his myriad real crimes, they’d be implicated.
You know nothing will happen to Joey or anyone else. Those rules do not apply to them.
Unfortunately
I wonder , with the Biden’s connections to the CCP and the money flow of some 64 million dollars thru the Penn/Biden Center, money from Ukraine, Russia, etc, what documents ARE NOT THERE that have been sold to foreigh interests ?