WSJ, 01172023, Letters to the Editor, Brian Flanagan St. James, N.C.
Letter writer Brian made a unique point on the issue of lost/missing classified documents in the US:
Classified documents at least require the care afforded ordinary library books, in that if they are missing or overdue after a certain period of time, notices are automatically sent. The National Archives should be hunting these things down. We can’t expect perfection during the scrum of vacating the White House, but the Archives should have representatives involved in this process to ensure return of classified materials. This is a failure more of the Archives than of either the Biden, Obama or even Trump administrations.
Is this unreasonable? I have a good friend that keeps asking where the archivists are that should be tracking these docs. Is there an underlying reason why these docs are being neglected? Are there too many classified docs? I get that depending on our ideology, we want to kill one of the politicians, but it may be easier and more effective to fix the process. This is a problem with every administration, and I suspect Obama’s lawyers are now quietly looking in some boxes, garages, etc.
Stop trying to kill an enemy and fix the damn thing!
“A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
Run the National Archives Like a Library...
Run the National Archives Like a Library...
Run the National Archives Like a Library...
WSJ, 01172023, Letters to the Editor, Brian Flanagan St. James, N.C.
Letter writer Brian made a unique point on the issue of lost/missing classified documents in the US:
Is this unreasonable? I have a good friend that keeps asking where the archivists are that should be tracking these docs. Is there an underlying reason why these docs are being neglected? Are there too many classified docs? I get that depending on our ideology, we want to kill one of the politicians, but it may be easier and more effective to fix the process. This is a problem with every administration, and I suspect Obama’s lawyers are now quietly looking in some boxes, garages, etc.
Stop trying to kill an enemy and fix the damn thing!
“A sum can be put right: but only by going back till you find the error and working it afresh from that point, never by simply going on.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
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