At this time, I still am of the opinion that Mr Biden and our government are doing the right thing: Report and return all discoveries of documents to the Archive, enlist a Special Counsel to do the investigation, provide full cooperation to that Special Counsel, and make political choices regarding when to make public disclosures that protect his reputation while not skirting the truth. The "trial" will be political, so no reason to provide granular information that will affect whether the Special Counsel and DOJ can be impartial and follow the evidence, not the pundits or hacks who want to punish or exonerate either Biden or Trump. One humble opinion I have had always, though, as we think about controlling the narrative: Be absolutely certain as to how many legs on your personal ladder are firmly in place when you take the Moral High Ground. Mr Biden's jibe at Trump for irresponsibility, though true IMHO, was always a red flare waiting to blow where there any (and likely) future errors of judgement on Joe's part.
I would like to know what the handling process is at the National Archives. With Trump, the seemed to be aware from the start that documents were missing & at first were quietly trying to retrieve them out of respect for a former president. However, it was hundreds of documents. I doubt there was much going on in the final days of his presidency (other than planning a coup) that he needed those at the ready. But Biden has not ben a VP for 7 yeaars. Libraries have better control over their inventory. This is very concerning.
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Very astute. Thanks for sharing your remembrance of the process and that needs to be reviewed. It also raises a lot of questions in my mind concerning who is running around with all these documents that should be locked up and why? The whole business is fishy.
One of the issues that I see, and it seems to cut across most of the professional journalists, is the lumping in of all "classified" material as though it is all of the same classification level. Plenty of documents are marked "classified" for no particular reason. In fact I think that many journalists would agree that the "overclassfiction" of materials for years has been a problem, creating roadblocks to the oversight of government by the press.
I think that it is important for every article that discusses this to explain the difference between various levels of documents, how those markings are used (and overused), and how a "classified" document is significantly different from a "classified / top secret / special compartmentalized information (aka TS/SCI)" document...
Classified docs are in the possession of many people. Trying to expose Biden to charges similar to Trump is a non starter. Fairy dust. Worry about just when Putin decides to nuke Ukraine. That is a real possibility. This dance of the seven veils with Biden/classified docs is self righteous nonsense. This is certain. Move on to real issues please.
I suspect that Trump hired an evil person to plant the documents in VP Biden’s office. Any chance someone left the locked garage open? Who is watching his home in Delaware? Are they trusted or paid off to turn their back? I find no sense in Biden himself would have ordered it. Not at all like Trump who has sold his soul to the devil 100 times over.
I keep asking WHY ISN'T THERE A DATABASE OF CLASSIFIED DOCS that shows who has them, what the disposition of them is? Good grief, use the Dewey decimal system if you have to.
There is a big difference in which trump ignored turning over the documents.
I’ve got my helmet, elbow and knee pads ready and will survive the ride🤗
Do you think the documents could have been planted at Biden' s house?
At this time, I still am of the opinion that Mr Biden and our government are doing the right thing: Report and return all discoveries of documents to the Archive, enlist a Special Counsel to do the investigation, provide full cooperation to that Special Counsel, and make political choices regarding when to make public disclosures that protect his reputation while not skirting the truth. The "trial" will be political, so no reason to provide granular information that will affect whether the Special Counsel and DOJ can be impartial and follow the evidence, not the pundits or hacks who want to punish or exonerate either Biden or Trump. One humble opinion I have had always, though, as we think about controlling the narrative: Be absolutely certain as to how many legs on your personal ladder are firmly in place when you take the Moral High Ground. Mr Biden's jibe at Trump for irresponsibility, though true IMHO, was always a red flare waiting to blow where there any (and likely) future errors of judgement on Joe's part.
I would like to know what the handling process is at the National Archives. With Trump, the seemed to be aware from the start that documents were missing & at first were quietly trying to retrieve them out of respect for a former president. However, it was hundreds of documents. I doubt there was much going on in the final days of his presidency (other than planning a coup) that he needed those at the ready. But Biden has not ben a VP for 7 yeaars. Libraries have better control over their inventory. This is very concerning.
sounds to me like you have what you need to get an ID. An address is no big deal. Are you resisting doing what is needed?
Someone? Like who?
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Very astute. Thanks for sharing your remembrance of the process and that needs to be reviewed. It also raises a lot of questions in my mind concerning who is running around with all these documents that should be locked up and why? The whole business is fishy.
One of the issues that I see, and it seems to cut across most of the professional journalists, is the lumping in of all "classified" material as though it is all of the same classification level. Plenty of documents are marked "classified" for no particular reason. In fact I think that many journalists would agree that the "overclassfiction" of materials for years has been a problem, creating roadblocks to the oversight of government by the press.
I think that it is important for every article that discusses this to explain the difference between various levels of documents, how those markings are used (and overused), and how a "classified" document is significantly different from a "classified / top secret / special compartmentalized information (aka TS/SCI)" document...
Classified docs are in the possession of many people. Trying to expose Biden to charges similar to Trump is a non starter. Fairy dust. Worry about just when Putin decides to nuke Ukraine. That is a real possibility. This dance of the seven veils with Biden/classified docs is self righteous nonsense. This is certain. Move on to real issues please.
I suspect that Trump hired an evil person to plant the documents in VP Biden’s office. Any chance someone left the locked garage open? Who is watching his home in Delaware? Are they trusted or paid off to turn their back? I find no sense in Biden himself would have ordered it. Not at all like Trump who has sold his soul to the devil 100 times over.
I keep asking WHY ISN'T THERE A DATABASE OF CLASSIFIED DOCS that shows who has them, what the disposition of them is? Good grief, use the Dewey decimal system if you have to.
You are such an ass!
Thank you. It occurred to me when I started hearing some of the stuff the Republicans wanted to do.
Let's not forget David Petreus and his handling of classified documents as well.