@LivEGirl In reality, it is possible to take home material that should not be removed. There's a great deal of upheaval at the end of an administration.
The thing is, that as soon as it was located by Biden's lawyers (by accident) they immediately turned it over to DOJ.
It may well not have been Biden who removed it. It is very possible that it was packed by mistake by low-level staff members.
@pkatlga23 @LivEGirl When I worked with a state government and we were digitizing sensitive files they were being shredded. Right until we found out that the database was dumping them off the other end because it didn't have enough room.
Shit really does happen. I have no idea if they ever managed to put the mountain of shredded paper back together to re-create those files.
@pkatlga23 @LivEGirl yes, way too much is considered classified. In fact, in one state, for I worked in state government, what was considered highly confidential, and never should be exposed to public view, was considered public material in a different state.
There’s a lot of stuff in federal service that is considered classified that really isn’t. Using a public copying machine could be a reason for termination. Because the material could be retrieved if somebody knew it was there.
@J_Windrow @LivEGirl The part that does not get much attention is there is a long-standing complaint across many administrations that too much is being labeled as classified. It is both bureaucratic CYA, and the fear of not classifying the right documents.